diff --git a/lib/namespace.js b/lib/namespace.js
index 8de303b620..db7db2cca2 100644
--- a/lib/namespace.js
+++ b/lib/namespace.js
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
 /**
  * Module dependencies.
  */
@@ -34,6 +33,14 @@ function SocketNamespace (mgr, name) {
 
 SocketNamespace.prototype.__proto__ = EventEmitter.prototype;
 
+/**
+ * Copies emit since we override it
+ *
+ * @api private
+ */
+
+SocketNamespace.prototype.$emit = EventEmitter.prototype.emit;
+
 /**
  * Retrieves all clients as Socket instances as an array.
  *
@@ -175,7 +182,7 @@ SocketNamespace.prototype.send = function (data) {
 
 SocketNamespace.prototype.emit = function (name) {
   if (name == 'connection' || name == 'newListener') {
-    return EventEmitter.prototype.emit.apply(this, arguments);
+    return this.$emit.apply(this, arguments);
   }
 
   return this.packet({