diff --git a/src/node.js b/src/node.js
index 127e1aa79a9..0b529665598 100644
--- a/src/node.js
+++ b/src/node.js
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ process.mixin = function() {
 var eventsModule = createInternalModule('events', function (exports) {
   exports.EventEmitter = process.EventEmitter;
 
-  // process.EventEmitter is defined in src/events.cc
+  // process.EventEmitter is defined in src/node_events.cc
   // process.EventEmitter.prototype.emit() is also defined there.
   process.EventEmitter.prototype.addListener = function (type, listener) {
     if (!(listener instanceof Function)) {
diff --git a/src/node_events.cc b/src/node_events.cc
index d88229fe8ad..4efe5c10e71 100644
--- a/src/node_events.cc
+++ b/src/node_events.cc
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ static bool ReallyEmit(Handle<Object> self,
   Local<Object> events = events_v->ToObject();
 
   Local<Value> listeners_v = events->Get(event);
-  Local<Function> listener;
 
   TryCatch try_catch;
 
@@ -66,7 +65,7 @@ static bool ReallyEmit(Handle<Object> self,
     }
 
   } else if (listeners_v->IsArray()) {
-    Local<Array> listeners = Local<Array>::Cast(listeners_v);
+    Local<Array> listeners = Local<Array>::Cast(listeners_v->ToObject()->Clone());
 
     for (uint32_t i = 0; i < listeners->Length(); i++) {
       Local<Value> listener_v = listeners->Get(i);
diff --git a/test/simple/test-event-emitter-modify-in-emit.js b/test/simple/test-event-emitter-modify-in-emit.js
index 1dd94ba7127..95de54755a0 100644
--- a/test/simple/test-event-emitter-modify-in-emit.js
+++ b/test/simple/test-event-emitter-modify-in-emit.js
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ var e = new events.EventEmitter();
 function callback1() {
     callbacks_called.push("callback1");
     e.addListener("foo", callback2);
+    e.addListener("foo", callback3);
     e.removeListener("foo", callback1);
 }
 
@@ -16,23 +17,39 @@ function callback2() {
     e.removeListener("foo", callback2);
 }
 
+function callback3() {
+    callbacks_called.push("callback3");
+    e.removeListener("foo", callback3);
+}
+
 e.addListener("foo", callback1);
 assert.equal(1, e.listeners("foo").length);
 
 e.emit("foo");
-assert.equal(1, e.listeners("foo").length);
+assert.equal(2, e.listeners("foo").length);
 assert.deepEqual(["callback1"], callbacks_called);
 
 e.emit("foo");
 assert.equal(0, e.listeners("foo").length);
-assert.deepEqual(["callback1", "callback2"], callbacks_called);
+assert.deepEqual(["callback1", "callback2", "callback3"], callbacks_called);
 
 e.emit("foo");
 assert.equal(0, e.listeners("foo").length);
-assert.deepEqual(["callback1", "callback2"], callbacks_called);
+assert.deepEqual(["callback1", "callback2", "callback3"], callbacks_called);
 
 e.addListener("foo", callback1);
 e.addListener("foo", callback2);
 assert.equal(2, e.listeners("foo").length)
 e.removeAllListeners("foo")
-assert.equal(0, e.listeners("foo").length)
\ No newline at end of file
+assert.equal(0, e.listeners("foo").length)
+
+// Verify that removing callbacks while in emit allows emits to propagate to 
+// all listeners
+callbacks_called = [ ];
+
+e.addListener("foo", callback2);
+e.addListener("foo", callback3);
+assert.equal(2, e.listeners("foo").length)
+e.emit("foo");
+assert.deepEqual(["callback2", "callback3"], callbacks_called);
+assert.equal(0, e.listeners("foo").length)