diff --git a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/java/java-lang/java-lang-1.8/src/main/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/java/lang/ProcessImplStartAdvice.java b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/java/java-lang/java-lang-1.8/src/main/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/java/lang/ProcessImplStartAdvice.java
index d7529cbea8e..ca368998c25 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/java/java-lang/java-lang-1.8/src/main/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/java/lang/ProcessImplStartAdvice.java
+++ b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/java/java-lang/java-lang-1.8/src/main/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/java/lang/ProcessImplStartAdvice.java
@@ -12,16 +12,17 @@ class ProcessImplStartAdvice {
   public static AgentSpan beforeStart(
       @Advice.Argument(0) final String[] command,
       @Advice.Argument(1) final Map<String, String> environment) {
+
+    if (!AgentTracer.isRegistered()) {
+      return null;
+    }
+
     String rootSessionId = Config.get().getRootSessionId();
     if (rootSessionId != null && environment != null) {
       environment.put("_DD_ROOT_JAVA_SESSION_ID", rootSessionId);
     }
 
-    if (!ProcessImplInstrumentationHelpers.ONLINE) {
-      return null;
-    }
-
-    if (command.length == 0 || !AgentTracer.isRegistered()) {
+    if (!ProcessImplInstrumentationHelpers.ONLINE || command.length == 0) {
       return null;
     }