diff --git a/lib/internal/streams/readable.js b/lib/internal/streams/readable.js
index 146f712c4a2f7e..afef1edfb0bcf3 100644
--- a/lib/internal/streams/readable.js
+++ b/lib/internal/streams/readable.js
@@ -764,7 +764,7 @@ Readable.prototype.pipe = function(dest, pipeOpts) {
     debug('onerror', er);
     unpipe();
     dest.removeListener('error', onerror);
-    if (EE.listenerCount(dest, 'error') === 0) {
+    if (dest.listenerCount('error') === 0) {
       const s = dest._writableState || dest._readableState;
       if (s && !s.errorEmitted) {
         // User incorrectly emitted 'error' directly on the stream.
@@ -829,7 +829,7 @@ function pipeOnDrain(src, dest) {
     }
 
     if ((!state.awaitDrainWriters || state.awaitDrainWriters.size === 0) &&
-      EE.listenerCount(src, 'data')) {
+      src.listenerCount('data')) {
       src.resume();
     }
   };