diff --git a/dlls/mshtml/htmldoc.c b/dlls/mshtml/htmldoc.c
index 3cbfe8d694a..1d483d4f9d0 100644
--- a/dlls/mshtml/htmldoc.c
+++ b/dlls/mshtml/htmldoc.c
@@ -2046,8 +2046,6 @@ static void HTMLDocumentNode_destructor(HTMLDOMNode *iface)
     detach_events(This);
     if(This->body_event_target)
         release_event_target(This->body_event_target);
-    if(This->nsevent_listener)
-        release_nsevents(This);
     if(This->catmgr)
         ICatInformation_Release(This->catmgr);
 
diff --git a/dlls/mshtml/htmlevent.c b/dlls/mshtml/htmlevent.c
index cfba560c449..0950c5e4ae7 100644
--- a/dlls/mshtml/htmlevent.c
+++ b/dlls/mshtml/htmlevent.c
@@ -1191,15 +1191,16 @@ static HRESULT ensure_nsevent_handler(HTMLDocumentNode *doc, event_target_t *eve
 
 void detach_events(HTMLDocumentNode *doc)
 {
-    int i;
+    if(doc->event_vector) {
+        int i;
 
-    if(!doc->event_vector)
-        return;
-
-    for(i=0; i < EVENTID_LAST; i++) {
-        if(doc->event_vector[i])
-            detach_nsevent(doc, event_info[i].name);
+        for(i=0; i < EVENTID_LAST; i++) {
+            if(doc->event_vector[i])
+                detach_nsevent(doc, event_info[i].name);
+        }
     }
+
+    release_nsevents(doc);
 }
 
 
diff --git a/dlls/mshtml/nsevents.c b/dlls/mshtml/nsevents.c
index d4cdc1036a2..542b8c735ca 100644
--- a/dlls/mshtml/nsevents.c
+++ b/dlls/mshtml/nsevents.c
@@ -37,6 +37,11 @@
 
 WINE_DEFAULT_DEBUG_CHANNEL(mshtml);
 
+static const PRUnichar blurW[]      = {'b','l','u','r',0};
+static const PRUnichar focusW[]     = {'f','o','c','u','s',0};
+static const PRUnichar keypressW[]  = {'k','e','y','p','r','e','s','s',0};
+static const PRUnichar loadW[]      = {'l','o','a','d',0};
+
 typedef struct {
     nsIDOMEventListener nsIDOMEventListener_iface;
     nsDocumentEventListener *This;
@@ -363,7 +368,7 @@ void add_nsevent_listener(HTMLDocumentNode *doc, nsIDOMNode *nsnode, LPCWSTR typ
     nsIDOMEventTarget_Release(target);
 }
 
-void detach_nsevent(HTMLDocumentNode *doc, const WCHAR *type)
+static void detach_nslistener(HTMLDocumentNode *doc, const WCHAR *type, nsEventListener *listener, cpp_bool is_capture)
 {
     nsIDOMEventTarget *target;
     nsAString type_str;
@@ -380,22 +385,35 @@ void detach_nsevent(HTMLDocumentNode *doc, const WCHAR *type)
 
     nsAString_InitDepend(&type_str, type);
     nsres = nsIDOMEventTarget_RemoveEventListener(target, &type_str,
-            &doc->nsevent_listener->htmlevent_listener.nsIDOMEventListener_iface, TRUE);
+            &listener->nsIDOMEventListener_iface, is_capture);
     nsAString_Finish(&type_str);
     nsIDOMEventTarget_Release(target);
     if(NS_FAILED(nsres))
         ERR("RemoveEventTarget failed: %08x\n", nsres);
 }
 
+void detach_nsevent(HTMLDocumentNode *doc, const WCHAR *type)
+{
+    detach_nslistener(doc, type, &doc->nsevent_listener->htmlevent_listener, TRUE);
+}
+
 void release_nsevents(HTMLDocumentNode *doc)
 {
+    nsDocumentEventListener *listener = doc->nsevent_listener;
+
     TRACE("%p %p\n", doc, doc->nsevent_listener);
 
-    if(doc->nsevent_listener) {
-        doc->nsevent_listener->doc = NULL;
-        release_listener(doc->nsevent_listener);
-        doc->nsevent_listener = NULL;
-    }
+    if(!listener)
+        return;
+
+    detach_nslistener(doc, blurW,     &listener->blur_listener,     TRUE);
+    detach_nslistener(doc, focusW,    &listener->focus_listener,    TRUE);
+    detach_nslistener(doc, keypressW, &listener->keypress_listener, FALSE);
+    detach_nslistener(doc, loadW,     &listener->load_listener,     TRUE);
+
+    listener->doc = NULL;
+    release_listener(listener);
+    doc->nsevent_listener = NULL;
 }
 
 void init_nsevents(HTMLDocumentNode *doc)
@@ -404,11 +422,6 @@ void init_nsevents(HTMLDocumentNode *doc)
     nsIDOMEventTarget *target;
     nsresult nsres;
 
-    static const PRUnichar wsz_blur[]      = {'b','l','u','r',0};
-    static const PRUnichar wsz_focus[]     = {'f','o','c','u','s',0};
-    static const PRUnichar wsz_keypress[]  = {'k','e','y','p','r','e','s','s',0};
-    static const PRUnichar wsz_load[]      = {'l','o','a','d',0};
-
     listener = heap_alloc(sizeof(nsDocumentEventListener));
     if(!listener)
         return;
@@ -432,10 +445,10 @@ void init_nsevents(HTMLDocumentNode *doc)
         return;
     }
 
-    init_event(target, wsz_blur,     &listener->blur_listener.nsIDOMEventListener_iface,     TRUE);
-    init_event(target, wsz_focus,    &listener->focus_listener.nsIDOMEventListener_iface,    TRUE);
-    init_event(target, wsz_keypress, &listener->keypress_listener.nsIDOMEventListener_iface, FALSE);
-    init_event(target, wsz_load,     &listener->load_listener.nsIDOMEventListener_iface,     TRUE);
+    init_event(target, blurW,     &listener->blur_listener.nsIDOMEventListener_iface,     TRUE);
+    init_event(target, focusW,    &listener->focus_listener.nsIDOMEventListener_iface,    TRUE);
+    init_event(target, keypressW, &listener->keypress_listener.nsIDOMEventListener_iface, FALSE);
+    init_event(target, loadW,     &listener->load_listener.nsIDOMEventListener_iface,     TRUE);
 
     nsIDOMEventTarget_Release(target);
 }