diff --git a/lib/async_hooks.js b/lib/async_hooks.js
index a730738c0f9144..42d04f063081c2 100644
--- a/lib/async_hooks.js
+++ b/lib/async_hooks.js
@@ -335,11 +335,6 @@ function emitInitS(asyncId, type, triggerAsyncId, resource) {
     throw new RangeError('triggerAsyncId must be an unsigned integer');
 
   init(asyncId, type, triggerAsyncId, resource);
-
-  // Isn't null if hooks were added/removed while the hooks were running.
-  if (tmp_active_hooks_array !== null) {
-    restoreTmpHooks();
-  }
 }
 
 function emitHookFactory(symbol, name) {
@@ -442,6 +437,11 @@ function init(asyncId, type, triggerAsyncId, resource) {
     fatalError(e);
   }
   processing_hook = false;
+
+  // Isn't null if hooks were added/removed while the hooks were running.
+  if (tmp_active_hooks_array !== null) {
+    restoreTmpHooks();
+  }
 }
 
 
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-async-hooks-enable-recursive.js b/test/parallel/test-async-hooks-enable-recursive.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..bcb0dcc0ce0a66
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/parallel/test-async-hooks-enable-recursive.js
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+'use strict';
+
+const common = require('../common');
+const async_hooks = require('async_hooks');
+const fs = require('fs');
+
+const nestedHook = async_hooks.createHook({
+  init: common.mustCall()
+});
+
+async_hooks.createHook({
+  init: common.mustCall((id, type) => {
+    nestedHook.enable();
+  }, 2)
+}).enable();
+
+fs.access(__filename, common.mustCall(() => {
+  fs.access(__filename, common.mustCall());
+}));