diff --git a/lib/internal/worker.js b/lib/internal/worker.js
index f3f3c23a5abe..728132f779e3 100644
--- a/lib/internal/worker.js
+++ b/lib/internal/worker.js
@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@ class Worker extends EventEmitter {
     drainMessagePort(this[kPort]);
     destroyMainThreadPort(this.threadId);
     this.removeAllListeners('message');
-    this.removeAllListeners('messageerrors');
+    this.removeAllListeners('messageerror');
     this[kPublicPort].unref();
     this[kPort].unref();
     this[kDispose]();
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-worker-messageerror-listener-cleanup.js b/test/parallel/test-worker-messageerror-listener-cleanup.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1ede0d88254b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/parallel/test-worker-messageerror-listener-cleanup.js
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+'use strict';
+
+const common = require('../common');
+const assert = require('node:assert');
+const { Worker } = require('node:worker_threads');
+
+const worker = new Worker('', { eval: true });
+const listener = () => {};
+
+worker.on('message', listener);
+worker.on('messageerror', listener);
+
+worker.on('exit', common.mustCall(() => {
+  assert.strictEqual(worker.listenerCount('message'), 0);
+  assert.strictEqual(worker.listenerCount('messageerror'), 0);
+}));