diff --git a/lib/internal/async_context_frame.js b/lib/internal/async_context_frame.js
index fbf094e113375c..4e76dbac3dd35a 100644
--- a/lib/internal/async_context_frame.js
+++ b/lib/internal/async_context_frame.js
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ const {
 
 let enabled_;
 
-class ActiveAsyncContextFrame {
+class ActiveAsyncContextFrame extends Map {
   static get enabled() {
     return true;
   }
@@ -50,12 +50,7 @@ function checkEnabled() {
   return enabled;
 }
 
-class AsyncContextFrame extends Map {
-  constructor(store, data) {
-    super(AsyncContextFrame.current());
-    this.set(store, data);
-  }
-
+class InactiveAsyncContextFrame extends Map {
   static get enabled() {
     enabled_ ??= checkEnabled();
     return enabled_;
@@ -65,6 +60,13 @@ class AsyncContextFrame extends Map {
   static set(frame) {}
   static exchange(frame) {}
   static disable(store) {}
+}
+
+class AsyncContextFrame extends InactiveAsyncContextFrame {
+  constructor(store, data) {
+    super(AsyncContextFrame.current());
+    this.set(store, data);
+  }
 
   disable(store) {
     this.delete(store);
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-async-context-frame.mjs b/test/parallel/test-async-context-frame.mjs
index 6c355b1f09ee5c..cad5d07bbd17cd 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-async-context-frame.mjs
+++ b/test/parallel/test-async-context-frame.mjs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import { opendir } from 'node:fs/promises';
 import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url';
 import { describe, it } from 'node:test';
 import { sep } from 'node:path';
+import { strictEqual } from 'node:assert';
 
 const python = process.env.PYTHON || (isWindows ? 'python' : 'python3');
 
@@ -53,7 +54,8 @@ describe('AsyncContextFrame', {
         stdio: ['ignore', 'ignore', 'inherit'],
       });
 
-      await once(proc, 'exit');
+      const [code] = await once(proc, 'exit');
+      strictEqual(code, 0, `Test ${test} failed with exit code ${code}`);
     });
   }
 });