diff --git a/lib/async_hooks.js b/lib/async_hooks.js
index aec73ed770f069..d343a0e3de3821 100644
--- a/lib/async_hooks.js
+++ b/lib/async_hooks.js
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ class AsyncHook {
 
     // Each hook is only allowed to be added once.
     if (hooks_array.includes(this))
-      return;
+      return this;
 
     if (!setupHooksCalled) {
       setupHooksCalled = true;
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ class AsyncHook {
 
     const index = hooks_array.indexOf(this);
     if (index === -1)
-      return;
+      return this;
 
     hook_fields[kInit] -= +!!this[init_symbol];
     hook_fields[kBefore] -= +!!this[before_symbol];
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-async-hooks-enable-disable.js b/test/parallel/test-async-hooks-enable-disable.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..b685c7123454dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/parallel/test-async-hooks-enable-disable.js
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+'use strict';
+const common = require('../common');
+const assert = require('assert');
+const async_hooks = require('async_hooks');
+
+const hook = async_hooks.createHook({
+  init: common.mustCall(() => {}, 1),
+  before: common.mustNotCall(),
+  after: common.mustNotCall(),
+  destroy: common.mustNotCall()
+});
+
+assert.strictEqual(hook.enable(), hook);
+assert.strictEqual(hook.enable(), hook);
+
+setImmediate(common.mustCall());
+
+assert.strictEqual(hook.disable(), hook);
+assert.strictEqual(hook.disable(), hook);
+assert.strictEqual(hook.disable(), hook);