diff --git a/lib/async_hooks.js b/lib/async_hooks.js
index 9438f27897b..758c4eab10f 100644
--- a/lib/async_hooks.js
+++ b/lib/async_hooks.js
@@ -313,8 +313,8 @@ class AsyncLocalStorage {
   }
 
   getStore() {
-    const resource = executionAsyncResource();
     if (this.enabled) {
+      const resource = executionAsyncResource();
       return resource[this.kResourceStore];
     }
   }