diff --git a/src/event.js b/src/event.js
index b8a2e37ec..5e2baf0d2 100644
--- a/src/event.js
+++ b/src/event.js
@@ -314,9 +314,9 @@ jQuery.event = {
 			// jQuery.Event object
 			event[ jQuery.expando ] ? event :
 			// Object literal
-			jQuery.extend( jQuery.Event(type), event ) :
+			jQuery.extend( new jQuery.Event(type), event ) :
 			// Just the event type (string)
-			jQuery.Event(type);
+			new jQuery.Event(type);
 		event.namespace = namespaces.join(".");
 		event.namespace_re = new RegExp("(^|\\.)" + namespaces.join("\\.(?:.*\\.)?") + "(\\.|$)");
 		event.exclusive = exclusive;
@@ -989,7 +989,7 @@ jQuery.fn.extend({
 
 	triggerHandler: function( type, data ) {
 		if ( this[0] ) {
-			var event = jQuery.Event( type );
+			var event = new jQuery.Event( type );
 			event.preventDefault();
 			event.stopPropagation();
 			jQuery.event.trigger( event, data, this[0] );