diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Support/Testing/Fakes/EventFake.php b/src/Illuminate/Support/Testing/Fakes/EventFake.php
index 7f226a786faf..2d0bc62f70e1 100644
--- a/src/Illuminate/Support/Testing/Fakes/EventFake.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Support/Testing/Fakes/EventFake.php
@@ -85,26 +85,11 @@ public function except($eventsToDispatch)
      */
     public function assertListening($expectedEvent, $expectedListener)
     {
+        $normalizedListener = $this->parseListener($expectedListener);
+
         foreach ($this->dispatcher->getListeners($expectedEvent) as $listenerClosure) {
-            $actualListener = (new ReflectionFunction($listenerClosure))
-                ->getStaticVariables()['listener'];
-
-            $normalizedListener = $expectedListener;
-
-            if (is_string($actualListener) && Str::contains($actualListener, '@')) {
-                $actualListener = Str::parseCallback($actualListener);
-
-                if (is_string($expectedListener)) {
-                    if (Str::contains($expectedListener, '@')) {
-                        $normalizedListener = Str::parseCallback($expectedListener);
-                    } else {
-                        $normalizedListener = [
-                            $expectedListener,
-                            method_exists($expectedListener, 'handle') ? 'handle' : '__invoke',
-                        ];
-                    }
-                }
-            }
+            $actualListener = $this->parseListener((new ReflectionFunction($listenerClosure))
+                ->getStaticVariables()['listener']);
 
             if ($actualListener === $normalizedListener ||
                 ($actualListener instanceof Closure &&
@@ -125,6 +110,22 @@ public function assertListening($expectedEvent, $expectedListener)
         );
     }
 
+    protected function parseListener($listener)
+    {
+        if (is_string($listener)) {
+            if (Str::contains($listener, '@')) {
+                $listener = Str::parseCallback($listener);
+            } elseif ($listener !== Closure::class) {
+                $listener = [
+                    $listener,
+                    method_exists($listener, 'handle') ? 'handle' : '__invoke',
+                ];
+            }
+        }
+
+        return $listener;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Assert if an event was dispatched based on a truth-test callback.
      *
diff --git a/tests/Integration/Events/EventFakeTest.php b/tests/Integration/Events/EventFakeTest.php
index 1f8eaa3999e6..11aefe2f7ae5 100644
--- a/tests/Integration/Events/EventFakeTest.php
+++ b/tests/Integration/Events/EventFakeTest.php
@@ -150,6 +150,7 @@ public function testAssertListening()
             'Illuminate\\Tests\\Integration\\Events\\PostAutoEventSubscriber@handle',
             PostEventSubscriber::class,
             [PostEventSubscriber::class, 'foo'],
+            PostEventSubscriber::class.'@bar',
             InvokableEventSubscriber::class,
         ]);
 
@@ -168,9 +169,12 @@ public function testAssertListening()
         (new Post)->save();
 
         Event::assertListening('event', 'listener');
-        Event::assertListening('event', PostEventSubscriber::class);
         Event::assertListening('event', PostAutoEventSubscriber::class);
+        Event::assertListening('event', PostEventSubscriber::class);
         Event::assertListening('event', [PostEventSubscriber::class, 'foo']);
+        Event::assertListening('event', PostEventSubscriber::class.'@foo');
+        Event::assertListening('event', [PostEventSubscriber::class, 'bar']);
+        Event::assertListening('event', PostEventSubscriber::class.'@bar');
         Event::assertListening('post-created', [PostEventSubscriber::class, 'handlePostCreated']);
         Event::assertListening('post-deleted', [PostEventSubscriber::class, 'handlePostDeleted']);
         Event::assertListening(NonImportantEvent::class, Closure::class);