diff --git a/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/event/SimpleApplicationEventMulticaster.java b/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/event/SimpleApplicationEventMulticaster.java
index 468545eb7b..eca9ff7b1b 100644
--- a/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/event/SimpleApplicationEventMulticaster.java
+++ b/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/event/SimpleApplicationEventMulticaster.java
@@ -151,34 +151,38 @@ public class SimpleApplicationEventMulticaster extends AbstractApplicationEventM
 	 * @param event the current event to propagate
 	 * @since 4.1
 	 */
-	@SuppressWarnings({"unchecked", "rawtypes"})
-	protected void invokeListener(ApplicationListener listener, ApplicationEvent event) {
+	protected void invokeListener(ApplicationListener<?> listener, ApplicationEvent event) {
 		ErrorHandler errorHandler = getErrorHandler();
 		if (errorHandler != null) {
 			try {
-				listener.onApplicationEvent(event);
+				doInvokeListener(listener, event);
 			}
 			catch (Throwable err) {
 				errorHandler.handleError(err);
 			}
 		}
 		else {
-			try {
-				listener.onApplicationEvent(event);
-			}
-			catch (ClassCastException ex) {
-				String msg = ex.getMessage();
-				if (msg == null || msg.startsWith(event.getClass().getName())) {
-					// Possibly a lambda-defined listener which we could not resolve the generic event type for
-					Log logger = LogFactory.getLog(getClass());
-					if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
-						logger.debug("Non-matching event type for listener: " + listener, ex);
-					}
-				}
-				else {
-					throw ex;
+			doInvokeListener(listener, event);
+		}
+	}
+
+	@SuppressWarnings({"unchecked", "rawtypes"})
+	private void doInvokeListener(ApplicationListener listener, ApplicationEvent event) {
+		try {
+			listener.onApplicationEvent(event);
+		}
+		catch (ClassCastException ex) {
+			String msg = ex.getMessage();
+			if (msg == null || msg.startsWith(event.getClass().getName())) {
+				// Possibly a lambda-defined listener which we could not resolve the generic event type for
+				Log logger = LogFactory.getLog(getClass());
+				if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
+					logger.debug("Non-matching event type for listener: " + listener, ex);
 				}
 			}
+			else {
+				throw ex;
+			}
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/spring-context/src/test/java/org/springframework/context/event/ApplicationContextEventTests.java b/spring-context/src/test/java/org/springframework/context/event/ApplicationContextEventTests.java
index 7bf60e7ac9..e1c778ad8c 100644
--- a/spring-context/src/test/java/org/springframework/context/event/ApplicationContextEventTests.java
+++ b/spring-context/src/test/java/org/springframework/context/event/ApplicationContextEventTests.java
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ import org.springframework.core.ResolvableType;
 import org.springframework.core.annotation.Order;
 import org.springframework.scheduling.support.TaskUtils;
 import org.springframework.tests.sample.beans.TestBean;
+import org.springframework.util.ReflectionUtils;
 
 import static org.junit.Assert.*;
 import static org.mockito.BDDMockito.*;
@@ -447,6 +448,30 @@ public class ApplicationContextEventTests extends AbstractApplicationEventListen
 		context.close();
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void lambdaAsListenerWithErrorHandler() {
+		final Set<MyEvent> seenEvents = new HashSet<>();
+		StaticApplicationContext context = new StaticApplicationContext();
+		SimpleApplicationEventMulticaster multicaster = new SimpleApplicationEventMulticaster();
+		multicaster.setErrorHandler(ReflectionUtils::rethrowRuntimeException);
+		context.getBeanFactory().registerSingleton(
+				StaticApplicationContext.APPLICATION_EVENT_MULTICASTER_BEAN_NAME, multicaster);
+		ApplicationListener<MyEvent> listener = seenEvents::add;
+		context.addApplicationListener(listener);
+		context.refresh();
+
+		MyEvent event1 = new MyEvent(context);
+		context.publishEvent(event1);
+		context.publishEvent(new MyOtherEvent(context));
+		MyEvent event2 = new MyEvent(context);
+		context.publishEvent(event2);
+		assertSame(2, seenEvents.size());
+		assertTrue(seenEvents.contains(event1));
+		assertTrue(seenEvents.contains(event2));
+
+		context.close();
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	public void beanPostProcessorPublishesEvents() {
 		GenericApplicationContext context = new GenericApplicationContext();