diff --git a/src/validate/js/propValidators/onrender.js b/src/validate/js/propValidators/onrender.js
index 6cc31c9cc4d7..33693be8f1fd 100644
--- a/src/validate/js/propValidators/onrender.js
+++ b/src/validate/js/propValidators/onrender.js
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
-export default function onrender () {
+import usesThisOrArguments from '../utils/usesThisOrArguments.js';
 
+export default function onrender ( validator, prop ) {
+	if ( prop.value.type === 'ArrowFunctionExpression' ) {
+		if ( usesThisOrArguments( prop.value.body ) ) {
+			validator.error( `'onrender' should be a function expression, not an arrow function expression`, prop.start );
+		}
+	}
 }
diff --git a/src/validate/js/propValidators/onteardown.js b/src/validate/js/propValidators/onteardown.js
index 96cce604f828..7ce61e223d4f 100644
--- a/src/validate/js/propValidators/onteardown.js
+++ b/src/validate/js/propValidators/onteardown.js
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
-export default function onteardown () {
+import usesThisOrArguments from '../utils/usesThisOrArguments.js';
 
+export default function onteardown ( validator, prop ) {
+	if ( prop.value.type === 'ArrowFunctionExpression' ) {
+		if ( usesThisOrArguments( prop.value.body ) ) {
+			validator.error( `'onteardown' should be a function expression, not an arrow function expression`, prop.start );
+		}
+	}
 }
diff --git a/test/validator/onrender-arrow-no-this/errors.json b/test/validator/onrender-arrow-no-this/errors.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..fe51488c7066
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/validator/onrender-arrow-no-this/errors.json
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+[]
diff --git a/test/validator/onrender-arrow-no-this/input.html b/test/validator/onrender-arrow-no-this/input.html
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c82e5c37454f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/validator/onrender-arrow-no-this/input.html
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+<script>
+	export default {
+		onrender: () => console.log( 'rendering' )
+	};
+</script>
diff --git a/test/validator/onrender-arrow-this/errors.json b/test/validator/onrender-arrow-this/errors.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5cc9b2c78d4c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/validator/onrender-arrow-this/errors.json
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+[{
+	"message": "'onrender' should be a function expression, not an arrow function expression",
+	"pos": 29,
+	"loc": {
+		"line": 3,
+		"column": 2
+	}
+}]
diff --git a/test/validator/onrender-arrow-this/input.html b/test/validator/onrender-arrow-this/input.html
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e4283e60ba91
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/validator/onrender-arrow-this/input.html
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+<script>
+	export default {
+		onrender: () => {
+			this.set({ a: 1 });
+		}
+	};
+</script>
diff --git a/test/validator/onteardown-arrow-no-this/errors.json b/test/validator/onteardown-arrow-no-this/errors.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..fe51488c7066
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/validator/onteardown-arrow-no-this/errors.json
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+[]
diff --git a/test/validator/onteardown-arrow-no-this/input.html b/test/validator/onteardown-arrow-no-this/input.html
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a742898edba0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/validator/onteardown-arrow-no-this/input.html
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+<script>
+	export default {
+		onteardown: () => console.log( 'tearing down' )
+	};
+</script>
diff --git a/test/validator/onteardown-arrow-this/errors.json b/test/validator/onteardown-arrow-this/errors.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0596578b9577
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/validator/onteardown-arrow-this/errors.json
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+[{
+	"message": "'onteardown' should be a function expression, not an arrow function expression",
+	"pos": 29,
+	"loc": {
+		"line": 3,
+		"column": 2
+	}
+}]
diff --git a/test/validator/onteardown-arrow-this/input.html b/test/validator/onteardown-arrow-this/input.html
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ac2f1d7e8b4b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/validator/onteardown-arrow-this/input.html
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+<script>
+	export default {
+		onteardown: () => {
+			this.set({ a: 1 });
+		}
+	};
+</script>