diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c42d94c490..2861722ae5 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -377,6 +377,7 @@ one set of bindings ever created, which makes things a lot cleaner.
 * The WebGLRenderer will now apply a transparent background if `transparent = true` in the game config (thanks @gomachan7)
 * `List.sort` was missing the scope required for the sort handler, this is now correctly provided internally. Fix #4241 (thanks @jcyuan)
 * `Container.sort` was missing the scope required for the sort handler, this is now correctly provided internally. Fix #4241 (thanks @jcyuan)
+* `DataManager.pop` would emit the DataManager instance, instead of the parent, as the first event argument. It now emits the parent as it should do. Fix #4186 (thanks @gadelan)
 
 ### Examples and TypeScript
 
diff --git a/src/data/DataManager.js b/src/data/DataManager.js
index 87df7834c6..d620709089 100644
--- a/src/data/DataManager.js
+++ b/src/data/DataManager.js
@@ -502,7 +502,7 @@ var DataManager = new Class({
             delete this.list[key];
             delete this.values[key];
 
-            this.events.emit(Events.REMOVE_DATA, this, key, data);
+            this.events.emit(Events.REMOVE_DATA, this.parent, key, data);
         }
 
         return data;