diff --git a/lib/internal/process/task_queues.js b/lib/internal/process/task_queues.js
index 3cf07601a23aa4..76147473b04f9b 100644
--- a/lib/internal/process/task_queues.js
+++ b/lib/internal/process/task_queues.js
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ const {
 } = require('internal/errors').codes;
 const FixedQueue = require('internal/fixed_queue');
 
+const { AsyncResource } = require('async_hooks');
+
 // *Must* match Environment::TickInfo::Fields in src/env.h.
 const kHasTickScheduled = 0;
 
@@ -132,16 +134,6 @@ function nextTick(callback) {
   queue.push(tickObject);
 }
 
-let AsyncResource;
-const defaultMicrotaskResourceOpts = { requireManualDestroy: true };
-function createMicrotaskResource() {
-  // Lazy load the async_hooks module
-  if (AsyncResource === undefined) {
-    AsyncResource = require('async_hooks').AsyncResource;
-  }
-  return new AsyncResource('Microtask', defaultMicrotaskResourceOpts);
-}
-
 function runMicrotask() {
   this.runInAsyncScope(() => {
     const callback = this.callback;
@@ -153,12 +145,17 @@ function runMicrotask() {
   });
 }
 
+const defaultMicrotaskResourceOpts = { requireManualDestroy: true };
+
 function queueMicrotask(callback) {
   if (typeof callback !== 'function') {
     throw new ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE('callback', 'function', callback);
   }
 
-  const asyncResource = createMicrotaskResource();
+  const asyncResource = new AsyncResource(
+    'Microtask',
+    defaultMicrotaskResourceOpts
+  );
   asyncResource.callback = callback;
 
   enqueueMicrotask(FunctionPrototypeBind(runMicrotask, asyncResource));
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-bootstrap-modules.js b/test/parallel/test-bootstrap-modules.js
index c751e41dcca6da..36d296ec0aa415 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-bootstrap-modules.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-bootstrap-modules.js
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ const expectedModules = new Set([
   'Internal Binding types',
   'Internal Binding url',
   'Internal Binding util',
+  'NativeModule async_hooks',
   'NativeModule buffer',
   'NativeModule events',
   'NativeModule fs',