diff --git a/src/bun.js/bindings/webcore/AbortSignal.cpp b/src/bun.js/bindings/webcore/AbortSignal.cpp
index 7d22ef7a9b..8886fb57a0 100644
--- a/src/bun.js/bindings/webcore/AbortSignal.cpp
+++ b/src/bun.js/bindings/webcore/AbortSignal.cpp
@@ -195,6 +195,7 @@ void AbortSignal::cleanNativeBindings(void* ref)
     });
 
     std::exchange(m_native_callbacks, WTFMove(callbacks));
+    this->eventListenersDidChange();
 }
 
 // https://dom.spec.whatwg.org/#abortsignal-follow
@@ -218,7 +219,7 @@ void AbortSignal::signalFollow(AbortSignal& signal)
 
 void AbortSignal::eventListenersDidChange()
 {
-    m_hasAbortEventListener = hasEventListeners(eventNames().abortEvent);
+    m_hasAbortEventListener = hasEventListeners(eventNames().abortEvent) or !m_native_callbacks.isEmpty();
 }
 
 uint32_t AbortSignal::addAbortAlgorithmToSignal(AbortSignal& signal, Ref<AbortAlgorithm>&& algorithm)