diff --git a/atom/browser/api/atom_api_web_contents.cc b/atom/browser/api/atom_api_web_contents.cc
index 420878664d22..48a1e6a020de 100644
--- a/atom/browser/api/atom_api_web_contents.cc
+++ b/atom/browser/api/atom_api_web_contents.cc
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 #include "atom/browser/atom_browser_main_parts.h"
 #include "atom/browser/native_window.h"
 #include "atom/common/api/api_messages.h"
+#include "atom/common/event_emitter_caller.h"
 #include "atom/common/native_mate_converters/gfx_converter.h"
 #include "atom/common/native_mate_converters/gurl_converter.h"
 #include "atom/common/native_mate_converters/image_converter.h"
@@ -249,7 +250,17 @@ void WebContents::ExitFullscreenModeForTab(content::WebContents* source) {
 }
 
 void WebContents::RenderViewDeleted(content::RenderViewHost* render_view_host) {
-  Emit("render-view-deleted", render_view_host->GetProcess()->GetID());
+  int process_id = render_view_host->GetProcess()->GetID();
+  Emit("render-view-deleted", process_id);
+
+  // process.emit('ATOM_BROWSER_RELEASE_RENDER_VIEW', processId);
+  // Tell the rpc server that a render view has been deleted and we need to
+  // release all objects owned by it.
+  v8::Locker locker(isolate());
+  v8::HandleScope handle_scope(isolate());
+  node::Environment* env = node::Environment::GetCurrent(isolate());
+  mate::EmitEvent(isolate(), env->process_object(),
+                  "ATOM_BROWSER_RELEASE_RENDER_VIEW", process_id);
 }
 
 void WebContents::RenderProcessGone(base::TerminationStatus status) {
diff --git a/atom/browser/api/lib/web-contents.coffee b/atom/browser/api/lib/web-contents.coffee
index b635ab2a5f26..35c11dfe4be1 100644
--- a/atom/browser/api/lib/web-contents.coffee
+++ b/atom/browser/api/lib/web-contents.coffee
@@ -30,11 +30,6 @@ wrapWebContents = (webContents) ->
     do (name, method) ->
       webContents[name] = -> method.apply controller, arguments
 
-  # Tell the rpc server that a render view has been deleted and we need to
-  # release all objects owned by it.
-  webContents.on 'render-view-deleted', (event, processId) ->
-    process.emit 'ATOM_BROWSER_RELEASE_RENDER_VIEW', processId
-
   # Dispatch IPC messages to the ipc module.
   webContents.on 'ipc-message', (event, packed) ->
     [channel, args...] = packed