diff --git a/sentry-rails/lib/sentry/rails/active_job.rb b/sentry-rails/lib/sentry/rails/active_job.rb
index b9b447500..89f240909 100644
--- a/sentry-rails/lib/sentry/rails/active_job.rb
+++ b/sentry-rails/lib/sentry/rails/active_job.rb
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ def register_retry_stopped_subscriber
           end
 
           def retry_stopped_handler(*args)
-            return if already_supported_by_sentry_integration?
+            return if !Sentry.initialized? || already_supported_by_sentry_integration?
             return unless Sentry.configuration.active_job.report_after_job_retries
             event = ActiveSupport::Notifications::Event.new(*args)
             job = event.payload[:job]