diff --git a/lib/phpunit/lib.php b/lib/phpunit/lib.php
index 58e80f01e35aa..4b8cd972145ee 100644
--- a/lib/phpunit/lib.php
+++ b/lib/phpunit/lib.php
@@ -423,6 +423,7 @@ public static function reset_all_data($logchanges = false) {
         // reset all static caches
         accesslib_clear_all_caches(true);
         get_string_manager()->reset_caches();
+        events_get_handlers('reset');
         //TODO: add more resets here and probably refactor them to new core function
 
         // purge dataroot