diff --git a/lib/renderer/api/remote.ts b/lib/renderer/api/remote.ts
index b30fe3202b02f..1b8419c955d3e 100644
--- a/lib/renderer/api/remote.ts
+++ b/lib/renderer/api/remote.ts
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ function metaToError (meta: { type: 'error', value: any, members: ObjectMember[]
 }
 
 function handleMessage (channel: string, handler: Function) {
-  ipcRendererInternal.on(channel, (event, passedContextId, id, ...args) => {
+  ipcRendererInternal.onMessageFromMain(channel, (event, passedContextId, id, ...args) => {
     if (passedContextId === contextId) {
       handler(id, ...args);
     } else {
diff --git a/lib/renderer/ipc-renderer-internal-utils.ts b/lib/renderer/ipc-renderer-internal-utils.ts
index 709880ffe5cb1..62d12da389af9 100644
--- a/lib/renderer/ipc-renderer-internal-utils.ts
+++ b/lib/renderer/ipc-renderer-internal-utils.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { ipcRendererInternal } from '@electron/internal/renderer/ipc-renderer-in
 type IPCHandler = (event: Electron.IpcRendererEvent, ...args: any[]) => any
 
 export const handle = function <T extends IPCHandler> (channel: string, handler: T) {
-  ipcRendererInternal.on(channel, async (event, requestId, ...args) => {
+  ipcRendererInternal.onMessageFromMain(channel, async (event, requestId, ...args) => {
     const replyChannel = `${channel}_RESPONSE_${requestId}`;
     try {
       event.sender.send(replyChannel, null, await handler(event, ...args));
diff --git a/lib/renderer/ipc-renderer-internal.ts b/lib/renderer/ipc-renderer-internal.ts
index f35b92a99c37c..60ad784843725 100644
--- a/lib/renderer/ipc-renderer-internal.ts
+++ b/lib/renderer/ipc-renderer-internal.ts
@@ -29,4 +29,27 @@ ipcRendererInternal.invoke = async function<T> (channel: string, ...args: any[])
   return result;
 };
 
+ipcRendererInternal.onMessageFromMain = function (channel: string, listener: (event: Electron.IpcRendererEvent, ...args: any[]) => void) {
+  return ipcRendererInternal.on(channel, (event, ...args) => {
+    if (event.senderId !== 0) {
+      console.error(`Message ${channel} sent by unexpected WebContents (${event.senderId})`);
+      return;
+    }
+
+    listener(event, ...args);
+  });
+};
+
+ipcRendererInternal.onceMessageFromMain = function (channel: string, listener: (event: Electron.IpcRendererEvent, ...args: any[]) => void) {
+  return ipcRendererInternal.on(channel, function wrapper (event, ...args) {
+    if (event.senderId !== 0) {
+      console.error(`Message ${channel} sent by unexpected WebContents (${event.senderId})`);
+      return;
+    }
+
+    ipcRendererInternal.removeListener(channel, wrapper);
+    listener(event, ...args);
+  });
+};
+
 export { ipcRendererInternal };
diff --git a/lib/renderer/web-view/guest-view-internal.ts b/lib/renderer/web-view/guest-view-internal.ts
index 0c0d9804ae7f5..4121bd22bcd73 100644
--- a/lib/renderer/web-view/guest-view-internal.ts
+++ b/lib/renderer/web-view/guest-view-internal.ts
@@ -66,18 +66,18 @@ const dispatchEvent = function (
 };
 
 export function registerEvents (webView: WebViewImpl, viewInstanceId: number) {
-  ipcRendererInternal.on(`ELECTRON_GUEST_VIEW_INTERNAL_DESTROY_GUEST-${viewInstanceId}`, function () {
+  ipcRendererInternal.onMessageFromMain(`ELECTRON_GUEST_VIEW_INTERNAL_DESTROY_GUEST-${viewInstanceId}`, function () {
     webView.guestInstanceId = undefined;
     webView.reset();
     const domEvent = new Event('destroyed');
     webView.dispatchEvent(domEvent);
   });
 
-  ipcRendererInternal.on(`ELECTRON_GUEST_VIEW_INTERNAL_DISPATCH_EVENT-${viewInstanceId}`, function (event, eventName, ...args) {
+  ipcRendererInternal.onMessageFromMain(`ELECTRON_GUEST_VIEW_INTERNAL_DISPATCH_EVENT-${viewInstanceId}`, function (event, eventName, ...args) {
     dispatchEvent(webView, eventName, eventName, ...args);
   });
 
-  ipcRendererInternal.on(`ELECTRON_GUEST_VIEW_INTERNAL_IPC_MESSAGE-${viewInstanceId}`, function (event, channel, ...args) {
+  ipcRendererInternal.onMessageFromMain(`ELECTRON_GUEST_VIEW_INTERNAL_IPC_MESSAGE-${viewInstanceId}`, function (event, channel, ...args) {
     const domEvent = new Event('ipc-message') as IpcMessageEvent;
     domEvent.channel = channel;
     domEvent.args = args;
diff --git a/lib/renderer/window-setup.ts b/lib/renderer/window-setup.ts
index 87b58409a2e36..1379324e303b6 100644
--- a/lib/renderer/window-setup.ts
+++ b/lib/renderer/window-setup.ts
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ class BrowserWindowProxy {
     this.guestId = guestId;
     this._location = new LocationProxy(guestId);
 
-    ipcRendererInternal.once(`ELECTRON_GUEST_WINDOW_MANAGER_WINDOW_CLOSED_${guestId}`, () => {
+    ipcRendererInternal.onceMessageFromMain(`ELECTRON_GUEST_WINDOW_MANAGER_WINDOW_CLOSED_${guestId}`, () => {
       removeProxy(guestId);
       this.closed = true;
     });
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ export const windowSetup = (
   if (contextIsolationEnabled) internalContextBridge.overrideGlobalValueFromIsolatedWorld(['prompt'], window.prompt);
 
   if (!usesNativeWindowOpen || openerId != null) {
-    ipcRendererInternal.on('ELECTRON_GUEST_WINDOW_POSTMESSAGE', function (
+    ipcRendererInternal.onMessageFromMain('ELECTRON_GUEST_WINDOW_POSTMESSAGE', function (
       _event, sourceId: number, message: any, sourceOrigin: string
     ) {
       // Manually dispatch event instead of using postMessage because we also need to
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ export const windowSetup = (
     let cachedVisibilityState = isHiddenPage ? 'hidden' : 'visible';
 
     // Subscribe to visibilityState changes.
-    ipcRendererInternal.on('ELECTRON_GUEST_INSTANCE_VISIBILITY_CHANGE', function (_event, visibilityState: VisibilityState) {
+    ipcRendererInternal.onMessageFromMain('ELECTRON_GUEST_INSTANCE_VISIBILITY_CHANGE', function (_event, visibilityState: VisibilityState) {
       if (cachedVisibilityState !== visibilityState) {
         cachedVisibilityState = visibilityState;
         document.dispatchEvent(new Event('visibilitychange'));
diff --git a/typings/internal-electron.d.ts b/typings/internal-electron.d.ts
index 8fab594dc4b2c..b249ec456a593 100644
--- a/typings/internal-electron.d.ts
+++ b/typings/internal-electron.d.ts
@@ -105,6 +105,8 @@ declare namespace Electron {
   interface IpcRendererInternal extends Electron.IpcRenderer {
     invoke<T>(channel: string, ...args: any[]): Promise<T>;
     sendToAll(webContentsId: number, channel: string, ...args: any[]): void
+    onMessageFromMain(channel: string, listener: (event: Electron.IpcRendererEvent, ...args: any[]) => void): this;
+    onceMessageFromMain(channel: string, listener: (event: Electron.IpcRendererEvent, ...args: any[]) => void): this;
   }
 
   interface WebContentsInternal extends Electron.WebContents {