diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/runtime/hermes/HermesInstance.cpp b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/runtime/hermes/HermesInstance.cpp
index 5c3195aec30..cbb786a2fd1 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/runtime/hermes/HermesInstance.cpp
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/runtime/hermes/HermesInstance.cpp
@@ -129,6 +129,8 @@ std::unique_ptr<jsi::Runtime> HermesInstance::createJSRuntime(
   std::unique_ptr<HermesRuntime> hermesRuntime =
       hermes::makeHermesRuntime(runtimeConfigBuilder.build());
 
+  jsi::addNativeTracingHooks(*hermesRuntime);
+
 #ifdef HERMES_ENABLE_DEBUGGER
   std::unique_ptr<DecoratedRuntime> decoratedRuntime =
       std::make_unique<DecoratedRuntime>(
@@ -136,8 +138,6 @@ std::unique_ptr<jsi::Runtime> HermesInstance::createJSRuntime(
   return decoratedRuntime;
 #endif
 
-  jsi::addNativeTracingHooks(*hermesRuntime);
-
   return hermesRuntime;
 }