diff --git a/lib/async_hooks.js b/lib/async_hooks.js
index 1726a4f7e1dfea..9fac1e506ba06d 100644
--- a/lib/async_hooks.js
+++ b/lib/async_hooks.js
@@ -49,7 +49,12 @@ const before_symbol = Symbol('before');
 const after_symbol = Symbol('after');
 const destroy_symbol = Symbol('destroy');
 
-let setupHooksCalled = false;
+// Setup the callbacks that node::AsyncWrap will call when there are hooks to
+// process. They use the same functions as the JS embedder API.
+async_wrap.setupHooks({ init,
+                        before: emitBeforeN,
+                        after: emitAfterN,
+                        destroy: emitDestroyN });
 
 // Used to fatally abort the process if a callback throws.
 function fatalError(e) {
@@ -98,16 +103,6 @@ class AsyncHook {
     if (hooks_array.includes(this))
       return this;
 
-    if (!setupHooksCalled) {
-      setupHooksCalled = true;
-      // Setup the callbacks that node::AsyncWrap will call when there are
-      // hooks to process. They use the same functions as the JS embedder API.
-      async_wrap.setupHooks({ init,
-                              before: emitBeforeN,
-                              after: emitAfterN,
-                              destroy: emitDestroyN });
-    }
-
     // createHook() has already enforced that the callbacks are all functions,
     // so here simply increment the count of whether each callbacks exists or
     // not.