diff --git a/lib/async_hooks.js b/lib/async_hooks.js
index 0c425e694584eb..f32c9131850c78 100644
--- a/lib/async_hooks.js
+++ b/lib/async_hooks.js
@@ -74,12 +74,11 @@ class AsyncHook {
       return this;
 
     const prev_kTotals = hook_fields[kTotals];
-    hook_fields[kTotals] = 0;
 
     // createHook() has already enforced that the callbacks are all functions,
     // so here simply increment the count of whether each callbacks exists or
     // not.
-    hook_fields[kTotals] += hook_fields[kInit] += +!!this[init_symbol];
+    hook_fields[kTotals] = hook_fields[kInit] += +!!this[init_symbol];
     hook_fields[kTotals] += hook_fields[kBefore] += +!!this[before_symbol];
     hook_fields[kTotals] += hook_fields[kAfter] += +!!this[after_symbol];
     hook_fields[kTotals] += hook_fields[kDestroy] += +!!this[destroy_symbol];
@@ -102,9 +101,8 @@ class AsyncHook {
       return this;
 
     const prev_kTotals = hook_fields[kTotals];
-    hook_fields[kTotals] = 0;
 
-    hook_fields[kTotals] += hook_fields[kInit] -= +!!this[init_symbol];
+    hook_fields[kTotals] = hook_fields[kInit] -= +!!this[init_symbol];
     hook_fields[kTotals] += hook_fields[kBefore] -= +!!this[before_symbol];
     hook_fields[kTotals] += hook_fields[kAfter] -= +!!this[after_symbol];
     hook_fields[kTotals] += hook_fields[kDestroy] -= +!!this[destroy_symbol];