diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/notifications.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/notifications.rb
index 4ec88193d5ad7..1a4f29e0e23ea 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/notifications.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/notifications.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 require 'active_support/notifications'
 
-ActiveSupport::Notifications.subscribe(/(read|write|cache|expire|exist)_(fragment|page)\??/) do |event|
+ActiveSupport::Notifications.subscribe(/(read|write|cache|expire|exist)_(fragment|page)\??/) do |*args|
+  event = ActiveSupport::Notifications::Event.new(*args)
+
   if logger = ActionController::Base.logger
     human_name = event.name.to_s.humanize
     logger.info("#{human_name} (%.1fms)" % event.duration)
diff --git a/activesupport/lib/active_support/notifications.rb b/activesupport/lib/active_support/notifications.rb
index 139c66b1e1224..2cf91fc383cb7 100644
--- a/activesupport/lib/active_support/notifications.rb
+++ b/activesupport/lib/active_support/notifications.rb
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ def bind(pattern)
 
       def subscribe
         @queue.subscribe(@pattern) do |*args|
-          yield Event.new(*args)
+          yield *args
         end
       end
     end
diff --git a/activesupport/test/notifications_test.rb b/activesupport/test/notifications_test.rb
index 7d2bdf5ccf5cb..b763b740afd56 100644
--- a/activesupport/test/notifications_test.rb
+++ b/activesupport/test/notifications_test.rb
@@ -52,7 +52,9 @@ class NotificationsMainTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
   def setup
     @events = []
     Thread.abort_on_exception = true
-    ActiveSupport::Notifications.subscribe { |event| @events << event }
+    ActiveSupport::Notifications.subscribe do |*args|
+      @events << ActiveSupport::Notifications::Event.new(*args)
+    end
   end
 
   def teardown
@@ -124,7 +126,11 @@ def test_event_is_pushed_even_without_block
 
   def test_subscriber_with_pattern
     @another = []
-    ActiveSupport::Notifications.subscribe("cache"){ |event| @another << event }
+
+    ActiveSupport::Notifications.subscribe("cache") do |*args|
+      @another << ActiveSupport::Notifications::Event.new(*args)
+    end
+
     ActiveSupport::Notifications.instrument(:cache){ 1 }
 
     sleep(0.1)
@@ -136,7 +142,9 @@ def test_subscriber_with_pattern
 
   def test_subscriber_with_pattern_as_regexp
     @another = []
-    ActiveSupport::Notifications.subscribe(/cache/){ |event| @another << event }
+    ActiveSupport::Notifications.subscribe(/cache/) do |*args|
+      @another << ActiveSupport::Notifications::Event.new(*args)
+    end
 
     ActiveSupport::Notifications.instrument(:something){ 0 }
     ActiveSupport::Notifications.instrument(:cache){ 1 }
@@ -150,7 +158,9 @@ def test_subscriber_with_pattern_as_regexp
 
   def test_with_several_consumers_and_several_events
     @another = []
-    ActiveSupport::Notifications.subscribe { |event| @another << event }
+    ActiveSupport::Notifications.subscribe do |*args|
+      @another << ActiveSupport::Notifications::Event.new(*args)
+    end
 
     1.upto(100) do |i|
       ActiveSupport::Notifications.instrument(:value){ i }