diff --git a/lib/datadog/core/crashtracking/component.rb b/lib/datadog/core/crashtracking/component.rb
index 68e05e3ff7f..39b9ce86615 100644
--- a/lib/datadog/core/crashtracking/component.rb
+++ b/lib/datadog/core/crashtracking/component.rb
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ def start
               # Must NOT reference `self` here, as only the first instance will
               # be captured by the ONLY_ONCE and we want to pick the latest active one
               # (which may have different tags or agent config)
-              Datadog.send(:components).crashtracker&.update_on_fork
+              Datadog.send(:components, allow_initialization: false)&.crashtracker&.update_on_fork
             end
           end
         end