diff --git a/lib/events.js b/lib/events.js
index a1837cc1a9107e..15c22214dc1982 100644
--- a/lib/events.js
+++ b/lib/events.js
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ EventEmitter.init = function(opts) {
 
   if (this._events === undefined ||
       this._events === ObjectGetPrototypeOf(this)._events) {
-    this._events = { __proto__: null };
+    this._reset();
     this._eventsCount = 0;
   }
 
@@ -359,6 +359,10 @@ EventEmitter.init = function(opts) {
   }
 };
 
+EventEmitter.prototype._reset = function () {
+  this._events = { __proto__: null };
+}
+
 function addCatch(that, promise, type, args) {
   if (!that[kCapture]) {
     return;
@@ -549,7 +553,8 @@ function _addListener(target, type, listener, prepend) {
 
   events = target._events;
   if (events === undefined) {
-    events = target._events = { __proto__: null };
+    target._reset();
+    events = target._events;
     target._eventsCount = 0;
   } else {
     // To avoid recursion in the case that type === "newListener"! Before
@@ -687,7 +692,7 @@ EventEmitter.prototype.removeListener =
 
       if (list === listener || list.listener === listener) {
         if (--this._eventsCount === 0)
-          this._events = { __proto__: null };
+          this._reset();
         else {
           delete events[type];
           if (events.removeListener)
@@ -742,11 +747,11 @@ EventEmitter.prototype.removeAllListeners =
       // Not listening for removeListener, no need to emit
       if (events.removeListener === undefined) {
         if (arguments.length === 0) {
-          this._events = { __proto__: null };
+          this._reset();
           this._eventsCount = 0;
         } else if (events[type] !== undefined) {
           if (--this._eventsCount === 0)
-            this._events = { __proto__: null };
+            this._reset();
           else
             delete events[type];
         }
@@ -760,7 +765,7 @@ EventEmitter.prototype.removeAllListeners =
           this.removeAllListeners(key);
         }
         this.removeAllListeners('removeListener');
-        this._events = { __proto__: null };
+        this._reset();
         this._eventsCount = 0;
         return this;
       }
diff --git a/lib/internal/streams/destroy.js b/lib/internal/streams/destroy.js
index cfb49f2c7c7273..2e4e5efdad4c7c 100644
--- a/lib/internal/streams/destroy.js
+++ b/lib/internal/streams/destroy.js
@@ -332,6 +332,8 @@ function destroyer(stream, err) {
 }
 
 module.exports = {
+  kConstruct,
+  kDestroy,
   construct,
   destroyer,
   destroy,
diff --git a/lib/internal/streams/duplex.js b/lib/internal/streams/duplex.js
index 2b3fe64df9e03a..85a76e5820b22d 100644
--- a/lib/internal/streams/duplex.js
+++ b/lib/internal/streams/duplex.js
@@ -63,21 +63,6 @@ function Duplex(options) {
   if (!(this instanceof Duplex))
     return new Duplex(options);
 
-  this._events = {
-    close: undefined,
-    error: undefined,
-    prefinish: undefined,
-    finish: undefined,
-    drain: undefined,
-    data: undefined,
-    end: undefined,
-    pause: undefined,
-    resume: undefined,
-    readable: undefined,
-    pipe: undefined,
-    unpipe: undefined,
-  };
-
   this._readableState = new Readable.ReadableState(options, this, true);
   this._writableState = new Writable.WritableState(options, this, true);
 
@@ -131,6 +116,25 @@ function Duplex(options) {
   }
 }
 
+Duplex.prototype._reset = function () {
+  this._events = {
+    close: undefined,
+    error: undefined,
+    prefinish: undefined,
+    finish: undefined,
+    drain: undefined,
+    data: undefined,
+    end: undefined,
+    pause: undefined,
+    resume: undefined,
+    readable: undefined,
+    pipe: undefined,
+    unpipe: undefined,
+    [destroyImpl.kConstruct]: undefined,
+    [destroyImpl.kDestroy]: undefined,
+  };
+};
+
 ObjectDefineProperties(Duplex.prototype, {
   writable:
     { __proto__: null, ...ObjectGetOwnPropertyDescriptor(Writable.prototype, 'writable') },
diff --git a/lib/internal/streams/readable.js b/lib/internal/streams/readable.js
index 83f09194a6358d..2f1c48c47f6d31 100644
--- a/lib/internal/streams/readable.js
+++ b/lib/internal/streams/readable.js
@@ -316,18 +316,6 @@ function Readable(options) {
   if (!(this instanceof Readable))
     return new Readable(options);
 
-  this._events = {
-    close: undefined,
-    error: undefined,
-    data: undefined,
-    end: undefined,
-    pause: undefined,
-    resume: undefined,
-    readable: undefined,
-    pipe: undefined,
-    unpipe: undefined,
-  };
-
   this._readableState = new ReadableState(options, this, false);
 
   if (options) {
@@ -353,6 +341,22 @@ function Readable(options) {
   }
 }
 
+Readable.prototype._reset = function () {
+  this._events = {
+    close: undefined,
+    error: undefined,
+    data: undefined,
+    end: undefined,
+    pause: undefined,
+    resume: undefined,
+    readable: undefined,
+    pipe: undefined,
+    unpipe: undefined,
+    [destroyImpl.kConstruct]: undefined,
+    [destroyImpl.kDestroy]: undefined,
+  };
+};
+
 Readable.prototype.destroy = destroyImpl.destroy;
 Readable.prototype._undestroy = destroyImpl.undestroy;
 Readable.prototype._destroy = function(err, cb) {
diff --git a/lib/internal/streams/writable.js b/lib/internal/streams/writable.js
index e2a26f36b582c1..74bb7603fdf962 100644
--- a/lib/internal/streams/writable.js
+++ b/lib/internal/streams/writable.js
@@ -382,14 +382,6 @@ function Writable(options) {
   if (!(this instanceof Writable))
     return new Writable(options);
 
-  this._events = {
-    close: undefined,
-    error: undefined,
-    prefinish: undefined,
-    finish: undefined,
-    drain: undefined,
-  };
-
   this._writableState = new WritableState(options, this, false);
 
   if (options) {
@@ -431,6 +423,18 @@ ObjectDefineProperty(Writable, SymbolHasInstance, {
   },
 });
 
+Writable.prototype._reset = function () {
+  this._events = {
+    close: undefined,
+    error: undefined,
+    prefinish: undefined,
+    finish: undefined,
+    drain: undefined,
+    [destroyImpl.kConstruct]: undefined,
+    [destroyImpl.kDestroy]: undefined,
+  };
+};
+
 // Otherwise people can pipe Writable streams, which is just wrong.
 Writable.prototype.pipe = function() {
   errorOrDestroy(this, new ERR_STREAM_CANNOT_PIPE());