diff --git a/lib/internal/main/mksnapshot.js b/lib/internal/main/mksnapshot.js
index 52d859d491a93f..34701716839326 100644
--- a/lib/internal/main/mksnapshot.js
+++ b/lib/internal/main/mksnapshot.js
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ function requireForUserSnapshot(id) {
 
 
 function main() {
-  prepareMainThreadExecution(true, false);
+  prepareMainThreadExecution(false, false);
   initializeCallbacks();
 
   let stackTraceLimitDesc;