diff --git a/lib/internal/event_target.js b/lib/internal/event_target.js
index 2be1b9cf0b9f39..c60e80d5c5d4c7 100644
--- a/lib/internal/event_target.js
+++ b/lib/internal/event_target.js
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ const {
     ERR_INVALID_THIS,
   }
 } = require('internal/errors');
-const { validateObject, validateString } = require('internal/validators');
+const { validateObject, validateString, validateInternalField } = require('internal/validators');
 
 const {
   customInspectSymbol,
@@ -492,6 +492,7 @@ function initEventTarget(self) {
   self[kEvents] = new SafeMap();
   self[kMaxEventTargetListeners] = EventEmitter.defaultMaxListeners;
   self[kMaxEventTargetListenersWarned] = false;
+  self[kHandlers] = new SafeMap();
 }
 
 class EventTarget {
@@ -1021,34 +1022,46 @@ function makeEventHandler(handler) {
 
 function defineEventHandler(emitter, name) {
   // 8.1.5.1 Event handlers - basically `on[eventName]` attributes
-  ObjectDefineProperty(emitter, `on${name}`, {
+  const propName = `on${name}`;
+  function get() {
+    validateInternalField(this, kHandlers, 'EventTarget');
+    return this[kHandlers]?.get(name)?.handler ?? null;
+  }
+  ObjectDefineProperty(get, 'name', {
     __proto__: null,
-    get() {
-      return this[kHandlers]?.get(name)?.handler ?? null;
-    },
-    set(value) {
-      if (!this[kHandlers]) {
-        this[kHandlers] = new SafeMap();
+    value: `get ${propName}`,
+  });
+
+  function set(value) {
+    validateInternalField(this, kHandlers, 'EventTarget');
+    let wrappedHandler = this[kHandlers]?.get(name);
+    if (wrappedHandler) {
+      if (typeof wrappedHandler.handler === 'function') {
+        this[kEvents].get(name).size--;
+        const size = this[kEvents].get(name).size;
+        this[kRemoveListener](size, name, wrappedHandler.handler, false);
       }
-      let wrappedHandler = this[kHandlers]?.get(name);
-      if (wrappedHandler) {
-        if (typeof wrappedHandler.handler === 'function') {
-          this[kEvents].get(name).size--;
-          const size = this[kEvents].get(name).size;
-          this[kRemoveListener](size, name, wrappedHandler.handler, false);
-        }
-        wrappedHandler.handler = value;
-        if (typeof wrappedHandler.handler === 'function') {
-          this[kEvents].get(name).size++;
-          const size = this[kEvents].get(name).size;
-          this[kNewListener](size, name, value, false, false, false, false);
-        }
-      } else {
-        wrappedHandler = makeEventHandler(value);
-        this.addEventListener(name, wrappedHandler);
+      wrappedHandler.handler = value;
+      if (typeof wrappedHandler.handler === 'function') {
+        this[kEvents].get(name).size++;
+        const size = this[kEvents].get(name).size;
+        this[kNewListener](size, name, value, false, false, false, false);
       }
-      this[kHandlers].set(name, wrappedHandler);
-    },
+    } else {
+      wrappedHandler = makeEventHandler(value);
+      this.addEventListener(name, wrappedHandler);
+    }
+    this[kHandlers].set(name, wrappedHandler);
+  }
+  ObjectDefineProperty(set, 'name', {
+    __proto__: null,
+    value: `set ${propName}`,
+  });
+
+  ObjectDefineProperty(emitter, propName, {
+    __proto__: null,
+    get,
+    set,
     configurable: true,
     enumerable: true
   });
diff --git a/lib/internal/validators.js b/lib/internal/validators.js
index de8a8bb9b83b34..a192f9e6302ddb 100644
--- a/lib/internal/validators.js
+++ b/lib/internal/validators.js
@@ -418,6 +418,12 @@ function validateLinkHeaderValue(value, name) {
   }
 }
 
+const validateInternalField = hideStackFrames((object, fieldKey, className) => {
+  if (typeof object !== 'object' || object === null || !ObjectPrototypeHasOwnProperty(object, fieldKey)) {
+    throw new ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE('this', className, object);
+  }
+});
+
 module.exports = {
   isInt32,
   isUint32,
@@ -440,5 +446,6 @@ module.exports = {
   validateUndefined,
   validateUnion,
   validateAbortSignal,
-  validateLinkHeaderValue
+  validateLinkHeaderValue,
+  validateInternalField,
 };