diff --git a/lib/repl.js b/lib/repl.js
index ef62753134db6d..b7af18ed492a9f 100644
--- a/lib/repl.js
+++ b/lib/repl.js
@@ -650,7 +650,7 @@ REPLServer.prototype.createContext = function() {
   } else {
     sendInspectorCommand((session) => {
       session.post('Runtime.enable');
-      session.on('Runtime.executionContextCreated', ({ params }) => {
+      session.once('Runtime.executionContextCreated', ({ params }) => {
         this[kContextId] = params.context.id;
       });
       context = vm.createContext();
@@ -834,7 +834,6 @@ function complete(line, callback) {
     var flat = new ArrayStream();         // make a new "input" stream
     var magic = new REPLServer('', flat); // make a nested REPL
     replMap.set(magic, replMap.get(this));
-    magic.resetContext();
     flat.run(tmp);                        // eval the flattened code
     // all this is only profitable if the nested REPL
     // does not have a bufferedCommand
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-repl-tab-complete-no-warn.js b/test/parallel/test-repl-tab-complete-no-warn.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..3379cec8453cba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/parallel/test-repl-tab-complete-no-warn.js
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+'use strict';
+
+const common = require('../common');
+const repl = require('repl');
+const DEFAULT_MAX_LISTENERS = require('events').defaultMaxListeners;
+
+common.ArrayStream.prototype.write = () => {
+};
+
+const putIn = new common.ArrayStream();
+const testMe = repl.start('', putIn);
+
+// https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/18284
+// Tab-completion should not repeatedly add the
+// `Runtime.executionContextCreated` listener
+process.on('warning', common.mustNotCall());
+
+putIn.run(['.clear']);
+putIn.run(['async function test() {']);
+for (let i = 0; i < DEFAULT_MAX_LISTENERS; i++) {
+  testMe.complete('await Promise.resolve()', () => {});
+}