diff --git a/chronos/asyncsync.nim b/chronos/asyncsync.nim
index 007c44ae..824c0df3 100644
--- a/chronos/asyncsync.nim
+++ b/chronos/asyncsync.nim
@@ -561,6 +561,13 @@ proc emit[T](bus: AsyncEventBus, event: string, data: T, loc: ptr SrcLoc) =
         var data = EventPayload[T](value: data, loc: loc)
         cast[EventPayloadBase](data)
 
+  # Used to capture the "subscriber" variable in the loops
+  # sugar.capture doesn't work in Nim <1.6
+  proc triggerSubscriberCallback(subscriber: EventBusKey) =
+    callSoon(proc(udata: pointer) =
+      subscriber.cb(bus, event, subscriber, payload)
+    )
+
   bus.events.withValue(eventKey, item):
     # Schedule waiters which are waiting for the event ``event``.
     for waiter in item.waiters:
@@ -571,11 +578,7 @@ proc emit[T](bus: AsyncEventBus, event: string, data: T, loc: ptr SrcLoc) =
 
     # Schedule subscriber's callbacks, which are subscribed to the event.
     for subscriber in item.subscribers:
-      # Nim-1.6 says: "'subscriber' is of type <lent EventBusKey> which cannot be captured as it would violate memory safety"
-      let subscriber_copy = subscriber
-      callSoon(proc(udata: pointer) =
-        subscriber_copy.cb(bus, event, subscriber_copy, payload)
-      )
+      triggerSubscriberCallback(subscriber)
 
   # Schedule waiters which are waiting all events
   for waiter in bus.waiters:
@@ -585,11 +588,7 @@ proc emit[T](bus: AsyncEventBus, event: string, data: T, loc: ptr SrcLoc) =
 
   # Schedule subscriber's callbacks which are subscribed to all events.
   for subscriber in bus.subscribers:
-    # Nim-1.6 says: "'subscriber' is of type <lent EventBusKey> which cannot be captured as it would violate memory safety"
-    let subscriber_copy = subscriber
-    callSoon(proc(udata: pointer) =
-      subscriber_copy.cb(bus, event, subscriber_copy, payload)
-    )
+    triggerSubscriberCallback(subscriber)
 
 template emit*[T](bus: AsyncEventBus, event: string, data: T) =
   ## Emit new event ``event`` to the eventbus ``bus`` with payload ``data``.
diff --git a/tests/testsync.nim b/tests/testsync.nim
index 98a16b58..e1e0491f 100644
--- a/tests/testsync.nim
+++ b/tests/testsync.nim
@@ -511,3 +511,23 @@ suite "Asynchronous sync primitives test suite":
           flagInt == high(int)
 
     waitFor(test())
+
+  test "AsyncEventBus() multiple subscribers test":
+    let
+      eventBus = newAsyncEventBus()
+      futA = newFuture[void]()
+      futB = newFuture[void]()
+
+    proc eventEV1(bus: AsyncEventBus, payload: EventPayload[int]) {.async.} =
+      futA.complete()
+
+    proc eventEV2(bus: AsyncEventBus, payload: EventPayload[int]) {.async.} =
+      futB.complete()
+
+    proc test() {.async.} =
+      discard eventBus.subscribe("EV", eventEV1)
+      discard eventBus.subscribe("EV", eventEV2)
+      eventBus.emit("EV", 5)
+      await allFutures(futA, futB).wait(1.seconds)
+
+    waitFor test()
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