diff --git a/jetty-server/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/handler/ContextHandler.java b/jetty-server/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/handler/ContextHandler.java
index 8078658b1554..2db66f6089a6 100644
--- a/jetty-server/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/handler/ContextHandler.java
+++ b/jetty-server/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/handler/ContextHandler.java
@@ -707,9 +707,9 @@ public void addEventListener(EventListener listener)
             _servletContextListeners.add(scl);
             if (_contextStatus == ContextStatus.INITIALIZED)
             {
-                if (isStarting())
-                    scl.contextInitialized(new ServletContextEvent(_scontext));
-                _destroyServletContextListeners.add(scl);
+                throw new IllegalStateException("Context is initialized");
+//                scl.contextInitialized(new ServletContextEvent(_scontext));
+//                _destroyServletContextListeners.add(scl);
             }
         }