diff --git a/lib/zlib.js b/lib/zlib.js
index ce68e9cd105de0..7742e68ad6eb75 100644
--- a/lib/zlib.js
+++ b/lib/zlib.js
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ function Zlib(opts, mode) {
 
   var self = this;
   this._hadError = false;
-  this._handle.onerror = function onErrorHandler(message, errno) {
+  this._handle.onerror = function(message, errno) {
     // there is no way to cleanly recover.
     // continuing only obscures problems.
     _close(self);