diff --git a/lib/dgram.js b/lib/dgram.js
index 26d1e1d11a0e76..15421de46499d3 100644
--- a/lib/dgram.js
+++ b/lib/dgram.js
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ const {
   ERR_SOCKET_BAD_BUFFER_SIZE,
   ERR_SOCKET_BAD_PORT,
   ERR_SOCKET_BUFFER_SIZE,
-  ERR_SOCKET_CANNOT_SEND,
   ERR_SOCKET_DGRAM_IS_CONNECTED,
   ERR_SOCKET_DGRAM_NOT_CONNECTED,
   ERR_SOCKET_DGRAM_NOT_RUNNING,
@@ -506,7 +505,7 @@ function enqueue(self, toEnqueue) {
   // event handler that flushes the send queue after binding is done.
   if (state.queue === undefined) {
     state.queue = [];
-    self.once('error', onListenError);
+    self.once(EventEmitter.errorMonitor, onListenError);
     self.once('listening', onListenSuccess);
   }
   state.queue.push(toEnqueue);
@@ -514,7 +513,7 @@ function enqueue(self, toEnqueue) {
 
 
 function onListenSuccess() {
-  this.removeListener('error', onListenError);
+  this.removeListener(EventEmitter.errorMonitor, onListenError);
   clearQueue.call(this);
 }
 
@@ -522,7 +521,6 @@ function onListenSuccess() {
 function onListenError(err) {
   this.removeListener('listening', onListenSuccess);
   this[kStateSymbol].queue = undefined;
-  this.emit('error', new ERR_SOCKET_CANNOT_SEND());
 }
 
 
diff --git a/test/sequential/test-dgram-implicit-bind-failure.js b/test/sequential/test-dgram-implicit-bind-failure.js
index d77db12618f3bc..89da00d5766fb3 100644
--- a/test/sequential/test-dgram-implicit-bind-failure.js
+++ b/test/sequential/test-dgram-implicit-bind-failure.js
@@ -2,48 +2,31 @@
 'use strict';
 const common = require('../common');
 const assert = require('assert');
+const EventEmitter = require('events');
 const dgram = require('dgram');
 const dns = require('dns');
 const { kStateSymbol } = require('internal/dgram');
+const mockError = new Error('fake DNS');
 
 // Monkey patch dns.lookup() so that it always fails.
 dns.lookup = function(address, family, callback) {
-  process.nextTick(() => { callback(new Error('fake DNS')); });
+  process.nextTick(() => { callback(mockError); });
 };
 
 const socket = dgram.createSocket('udp4');
-let dnsFailures = 0;
-let sendFailures = 0;
 
-process.on('exit', () => {
-  assert.strictEqual(dnsFailures, 3);
-  assert.strictEqual(sendFailures, 3);
-});
-
-socket.on('error', (err) => {
-  if (/^Error: fake DNS$/.test(err)) {
-    // The DNS lookup should fail since it is monkey patched. At that point in
-    // time, the send queue should be populated with the send() operation. There
-    // should also be two listeners - this function and the dgram internal one
-    // time error handler.
-    dnsFailures++;
-    assert(Array.isArray(socket[kStateSymbol].queue));
-    assert.strictEqual(socket[kStateSymbol].queue.length, 1);
-    assert.strictEqual(socket.listenerCount('error'), 2);
-    return;
-  }
-
-  if (err.code === 'ERR_SOCKET_CANNOT_SEND') {
-    // On error, the queue should be destroyed and this function should be
-    // the only listener.
-    sendFailures++;
-    assert.strictEqual(socket[kStateSymbol].queue, undefined);
-    assert.strictEqual(socket.listenerCount('error'), 1);
-    return;
-  }
-
-  assert.fail(`Unexpected error: ${err}`);
-});
+socket.on(EventEmitter.errorMonitor, common.mustCall((err) => {
+  // The DNS lookup should fail since it is monkey patched. At that point in
+  // time, the send queue should be populated with the send() operation.
+  assert.strictEqual(err, mockError);
+  assert(Array.isArray(socket[kStateSymbol].queue));
+  assert.strictEqual(socket[kStateSymbol].queue.length, 1);
+}, 3));
+
+socket.on('error', common.mustCall((err) => {
+  assert.strictEqual(err, mockError);
+  assert.strictEqual(socket[kStateSymbol].queue, undefined);
+}, 3));
 
 // Initiate a few send() operations, which will fail.
 socket.send('foobar', common.PORT, 'localhost');