events: separate maxListeners and _events

Fixes #1479.
Fixes #1923.

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/lib/events.js b/lib/events.js
index 675693ff70..1fe5f77f7e 100644
--- a/lib/events.js
+++ b/lib/events.js
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ exports.EventEmitter = EventEmitter;
 var defaultMaxListeners = 10;
 EventEmitter.prototype.setMaxListeners = function(n) {
   if (!this._events) this._events = {};
-  this._events.maxListeners = n;
+  this._maxListeners = n;
 };
 
 
@@ -118,8 +118,8 @@ EventEmitter.prototype.addListener = function(type, listener) {
     // Check for listener leak
     if (!this._events[type].warned) {
       var m;
-      if (this._events.maxListeners !== undefined) {
-        m = this._events.maxListeners;
+      if (this._maxListeners !== undefined) {
+        m = this._maxListeners;
       } else {
         m = defaultMaxListeners;
       }