diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Support/Testing/Fakes/EventFake.php b/src/Illuminate/Support/Testing/Fakes/EventFake.php
index 7f226a786faf..0b71a9725f6a 100644
--- a/src/Illuminate/Support/Testing/Fakes/EventFake.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Support/Testing/Fakes/EventFake.php
@@ -85,30 +85,27 @@ public function except($eventsToDispatch)
      */
     public function assertListening($expectedEvent, $expectedListener)
     {
+        $normalizedListener = $expectedListener;
+
+        if (is_string($normalizedListener) && Str::contains($normalizedListener, '@')) {
+            $normalizedListener = Str::parseCallback($normalizedListener);
+        }
+
         foreach ($this->dispatcher->getListeners($expectedEvent) as $listenerClosure) {
             $actualListener = (new ReflectionFunction($listenerClosure))
                 ->getStaticVariables()['listener'];
 
-            $normalizedListener = $expectedListener;
-
             if (is_string($actualListener) && Str::contains($actualListener, '@')) {
                 $actualListener = Str::parseCallback($actualListener);
+            }
 
-                if (is_string($expectedListener)) {
-                    if (Str::contains($expectedListener, '@')) {
-                        $normalizedListener = Str::parseCallback($expectedListener);
-                    } else {
-                        $normalizedListener = [
-                            $expectedListener,
-                            method_exists($expectedListener, 'handle') ? 'handle' : '__invoke',
-                        ];
-                    }
-                }
+            if (is_string($normalizedListener) && is_array($actualListener)) {
+                $actualListener = $actualListener[0];
             }
 
             if ($actualListener === $normalizedListener ||
                 ($actualListener instanceof Closure &&
-                $normalizedListener === Closure::class)) {
+                    $normalizedListener === Closure::class)) {
                 PHPUnit::assertTrue(true);
 
                 return;
diff --git a/tests/Integration/Events/EventFakeTest.php b/tests/Integration/Events/EventFakeTest.php
index 1f8eaa3999e6..d57121ffff15 100644
--- a/tests/Integration/Events/EventFakeTest.php
+++ b/tests/Integration/Events/EventFakeTest.php
@@ -177,6 +177,8 @@ public function testAssertListening()
         Event::assertListening('eloquent.saving: '.Post::class, PostObserver::class.'@saving');
         Event::assertListening('eloquent.saving: '.Post::class, [PostObserver::class, 'saving']);
         Event::assertListening('event', InvokableEventSubscriber::class);
+        Event::assertListening('post-created', PostEventSubscriber::class.'@handlePostCreated');
+        Event::assertListening('post-deleted', PostEventSubscriber::class.'@handlePostDeleted');
     }
 
     public function testMissingMethodsAreForwarded()