diff --git a/lib/fetch/request.js b/lib/fetch/request.js
index c9672cddfaf..080a5d7bfa3 100644
--- a/lib/fetch/request.js
+++ b/lib/fetch/request.js
@@ -358,9 +358,13 @@ class Request {
           ac.abort(this.reason)
         }
 
-        if (getEventListeners(signal, 'abort').length >= defaultMaxListeners) {
-          setMaxListeners(100, signal)
-        }
+        // Third-party AbortControllers may not work with these.
+        // See https://github.com/nodejs/undici/pull/1910#issuecomment-1464495619
+        try {
+          if (getEventListeners(signal, 'abort').length >= defaultMaxListeners) {
+            setMaxListeners(100, signal)
+          }
+        } catch {}
 
         signal.addEventListener('abort', abort, { once: true })
         requestFinalizer.register(this, { signal, abort })
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 76c20a370e4..a49b43fd94b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@
     "husky": "^8.0.1",
     "import-fresh": "^3.3.0",
     "jest": "^29.0.2",
+    "jsdom": "^21.1.0",
     "jsfuzz": "^1.0.15",
     "mocha": "^10.0.0",
     "p-timeout": "^3.2.0",
diff --git a/test/fetch/jsdom-abortcontroller-1910-1464495619.js b/test/fetch/jsdom-abortcontroller-1910-1464495619.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..fad1e77c12b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fetch/jsdom-abortcontroller-1910-1464495619.js
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+'use strict'
+
+const { test } = require('tap')
+const { createServer } = require('http')
+const { once } = require('events')
+const { fetch } = require('../..')
+const { JSDOM } = require('jsdom')
+
+// https://github.com/nodejs/undici/pull/1910#issuecomment-1464495619
+test('third party AbortControllers', async (t) => {
+  const server = createServer((_, res) => res.end()).listen(0)
+
+  t.teardown(server.close.bind(server))
+  await once(server, 'listening')
+
+  const { AbortController } = new JSDOM().window
+  const controller = new AbortController()
+
+  await t.resolves(fetch(`http://localhost:${server.address().port}`, {
+    signal: controller.signal
+  }))
+})