diff --git a/lib/runner.js b/lib/runner.js
index 6952efa92c..5e7a93dcc2 100644
--- a/lib/runner.js
+++ b/lib/runner.js
@@ -874,17 +874,13 @@ Runner.prototype.run = function(fn) {
     }
     self.started = true;
     if (self._delay) {
-      self.emit(constants.EVENT_DELAY_END);
+      self.emit(constants.EVENT_DELAY_END);    
     }
-    Runner.immediately(function() {
-      self.emit(constants.EVENT_RUN_BEGIN);
-    });
+    self.emit(constants.EVENT_RUN_BEGIN);
 
     self.runSuite(rootSuite, function() {
       debug('finished running');
-      Runner.immediately(function() {
-        self.emit(constants.EVENT_RUN_END);
-      });
+      self.emit(constants.EVENT_RUN_END);
     });
   }
 
diff --git a/test/integration/events.spec.js b/test/integration/events.spec.js
index ef3aea7931..200c75e51e 100644
--- a/test/integration/events.spec.js
+++ b/test/integration/events.spec.js
@@ -75,4 +75,24 @@ describe('event order', function() {
       });
     });
   });
+
+  describe('--retries and --bail test case', function() {
+    it('should assert --retries event order', function(done) {
+      runMochaJSON(
+        'runner/events-bail-retries.fixture.js',
+        ['--retries', '1', '--bail'],
+        function(err, res) {
+          if (err) {
+            done(err);
+            return;
+          }
+          expect(res, 'to have failed with error', 'error test A')
+            .and('to have failed test count', 1)
+            .and('to have passed test count', 0);
+          done();
+        }
+      );
+    });
+  });
+
 });
diff --git a/test/integration/fixtures/runner/events-bail-retries.fixture.js b/test/integration/fixtures/runner/events-bail-retries.fixture.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..62c5f58bde
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/fixtures/runner/events-bail-retries.fixture.js
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+'use strict';
+var Runner = require('../../../../lib/runner.js');
+var assert = require('assert');
+
+var emitOrder = [
+  'start', 'suite', 'suite',
+  'hook', 'hook end', 'test', 'hook', 'hook end', 'retry', 'hook', 'hook end',
+  'test', 'hook', 'hook end', 'fail', 'test end', 'hook', 'hook end', 'hook', 'hook end',
+  'suite end', 'suite end', 'end'
+];
+
+var realEmit = Runner.prototype.emit;
+Runner.prototype.emit = function(event, ...args) {
+  // console.log(`emit: ${event}`);
+  assert.strictEqual(event, emitOrder.shift());
+  return realEmit.call(this, event, ...args);
+};
+
+describe('suite A', function() {
+  before('before', function() {});
+  beforeEach('beforeEach', function() {});
+  it('test A', function() {
+    throw new Error('error test A');
+  });
+  afterEach('afterEach', function() {});
+  after('after', function() {});
+});
diff --git a/test/integration/fixtures/runner/events-bail.fixture.js b/test/integration/fixtures/runner/events-bail.fixture.js
index 7b060bd43c..ccb54a0631 100644
--- a/test/integration/fixtures/runner/events-bail.fixture.js
+++ b/test/integration/fixtures/runner/events-bail.fixture.js
@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@ var EVENT_TEST_END = constants.EVENT_TEST_END;
 var EVENT_TEST_FAIL = constants.EVENT_TEST_FAIL;
 
 var emitOrder = [
-  EVENT_SUITE_BEGIN, // incorrect order
   EVENT_RUN_BEGIN,
   EVENT_SUITE_BEGIN,
+  EVENT_SUITE_BEGIN,
   EVENT_HOOK_BEGIN,
   EVENT_HOOK_END,
   EVENT_TEST_BEGIN,
diff --git a/test/integration/fixtures/runner/events-basic.fixture.js b/test/integration/fixtures/runner/events-basic.fixture.js
index 7a352379ec..6f38878c17 100644
--- a/test/integration/fixtures/runner/events-basic.fixture.js
+++ b/test/integration/fixtures/runner/events-basic.fixture.js
@@ -18,9 +18,9 @@ var EVENT_TEST_PENDING = constants.EVENT_TEST_PENDING;
 var EVENT_TEST_RETRY = constants.EVENT_TEST_RETRY;
 
 var emitOrder = [
-  EVENT_SUITE_BEGIN, // incorrect order
   EVENT_RUN_BEGIN,
   EVENT_SUITE_BEGIN,
+  EVENT_SUITE_BEGIN,
   EVENT_HOOK_BEGIN,
   EVENT_HOOK_END,
   EVENT_TEST_BEGIN,
diff --git a/test/integration/fixtures/runner/events-delay.fixture.js b/test/integration/fixtures/runner/events-delay.fixture.js
index 9a50760884..b1ac40ff30 100644
--- a/test/integration/fixtures/runner/events-delay.fixture.js
+++ b/test/integration/fixtures/runner/events-delay.fixture.js
@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@ var EVENT_TEST_RETRY = constants.EVENT_TEST_RETRY;
 var emitOrder = [
   EVENT_DELAY_BEGIN,
   EVENT_DELAY_END,
-  EVENT_SUITE_BEGIN, // incorrect order
   EVENT_RUN_BEGIN,
   EVENT_SUITE_BEGIN,
+  EVENT_SUITE_BEGIN,
   EVENT_HOOK_BEGIN,
   EVENT_HOOK_END,
   EVENT_TEST_BEGIN,
diff --git a/test/integration/fixtures/runner/events-retries.fixture.js b/test/integration/fixtures/runner/events-retries.fixture.js
index f8936aebfa..987c3d8162 100644
--- a/test/integration/fixtures/runner/events-retries.fixture.js
+++ b/test/integration/fixtures/runner/events-retries.fixture.js
@@ -14,9 +14,9 @@ var EVENT_TEST_FAIL = constants.EVENT_TEST_FAIL;
 var EVENT_TEST_RETRY = constants.EVENT_TEST_RETRY;
 
 var emitOrder = [
-  EVENT_SUITE_BEGIN, // incorrect order
   EVENT_RUN_BEGIN,
   EVENT_SUITE_BEGIN,
+  EVENT_SUITE_BEGIN,
   EVENT_HOOK_BEGIN,
   EVENT_HOOK_END,
   EVENT_TEST_BEGIN,