diff --git a/lib/fake-xhr/index.js b/lib/fake-xhr/index.js
index 47a8de7..287f3b4 100644
--- a/lib/fake-xhr/index.js
+++ b/lib/fake-xhr/index.js
@@ -513,8 +513,6 @@ function fakeXMLHttpRequestFor(globalScope) {
                 false,
                 this
             );
-            var event, progress;
-
             if (typeof this.onreadystatechange === "function") {
                 try {
                     this.onreadystatechange(readyStateChangeEvent);
@@ -523,7 +521,11 @@ function fakeXMLHttpRequestFor(globalScope) {
                 }
             }
 
-            if (this.readyState === FakeXMLHttpRequest.DONE) {
+            if (this.readyState !== FakeXMLHttpRequest.DONE) {
+                this.dispatchEvent(readyStateChangeEvent);
+            } else {
+                var event, progress;
+
                 if (this.timedOut || this.aborted || this.status === 0) {
                     progress = { loaded: 0, total: 0 };
                     event =
@@ -553,12 +555,11 @@ function fakeXMLHttpRequestFor(globalScope) {
                 this.dispatchEvent(
                     new sinonEvent.ProgressEvent(event, progress, this)
                 );
+                this.dispatchEvent(readyStateChangeEvent);
                 this.dispatchEvent(
                     new sinonEvent.ProgressEvent("loadend", progress, this)
                 );
             }
-
-            this.dispatchEvent(readyStateChangeEvent);
         },
 
         // Ref https://xhr.spec.whatwg.org/#the-setrequestheader()-method
diff --git a/lib/fake-xhr/index.test.js b/lib/fake-xhr/index.test.js
index 6228693..4d689ef 100644
--- a/lib/fake-xhr/index.test.js
+++ b/lib/fake-xhr/index.test.js
@@ -1186,6 +1186,29 @@ describe("FakeXMLHttpRequest", function() {
             assert.equals(status, 204);
             assert.equals(statusText, "No Content");
         });
+
+        it("only performs readystatechange events prior to loadend event during xhr response", function() {
+            var eventLog = [];
+            this.xhr.addEventListener("readystatechange", function() {
+                eventLog.push({
+                    event: "readystatechange",
+                    timestamp: Date.now()
+                });
+            });
+            this.xhr.addEventListener("loadend", function() {
+                eventLog.push({ event: "loadend", timestamp: Date.now() });
+            });
+            this.xhr.respond(200);
+
+            // Loadend is last event
+            assert.equals(eventLog[eventLog.length - 1].event, "loadend");
+            // Only 1 loadend event occurs
+            assert.equals(
+                eventLog.filter(item => item.event !== "readystatechange")
+                    .length,
+                1
+            );
+        });
     });
 
     describe(".getResponseHeader", function() {