diff --git a/src/wp-settings.php b/src/wp-settings.php
index 3ed93b2f36..80593fa3f8 100644
--- a/src/wp-settings.php
+++ b/src/wp-settings.php
@@ -434,7 +434,7 @@ wp_start_scraping_edited_file_errors();
 // Register the default theme directory root.
 register_theme_directory( get_theme_root() );
 
-if ( ! is_multisite() ) {
+if ( ! is_multisite() && wp_is_fatal_error_handler_enabled() ) {
 	// Handle users requesting a recovery mode link and initiating recovery mode.
 	wp_recovery_mode()->initialize();
 }