diff --git a/src/alt/index.js b/src/alt/index.js
index 5da27fe0..bb3e20c1 100644
--- a/src/alt/index.js
+++ b/src/alt/index.js
@@ -50,6 +50,9 @@ class Alt {
     store.createStoreConfig(this.config, StoreModel)
     const Store = store.transformStore(this.storeTransforms, StoreModel)
 
+    /*istanbul ignore next*/
+    if (module.hot) delete this.stores[key]
+
     if (this.stores[key] || !key) {
       if (this.stores[key]) {
         utils.warn(
@@ -67,9 +70,6 @@ class Alt {
       ? store.createStoreFromClass(this, Store, key, ...args)
       : store.createStoreFromObject(this, Store, key)
 
-    /*istanbul ignore next*/
-    if (module.hot) delete this.stores[key]
-
     this.stores[key] = storeInstance
     StateFunctions.saveInitialSnapshot(this, key)