diff --git a/src/diff/props.js b/src/diff/props.js
index c0d452c0d5..ac23a2cd1d 100644
--- a/src/diff/props.js
+++ b/src/diff/props.js
@@ -166,7 +166,8 @@ function createEventProxy(useCapture) {
 			} else if (e._dispatched < eventHandler._attached) {
 				return;
 			}
-			return ("handleEvent" in eventHandler ? eventHandler.handleEvent : eventHandler)(options.event ? options.event(e) : e);
+			if (options.event) e = options.event(e);
+			return "handleEvent" in eventHandler ? eventHandler.handleEvent(e) : eventHandler(e);
 		}
 	};
 }