diff --git a/src/Hal/Serializer/ItemNormalizer.php b/src/Hal/Serializer/ItemNormalizer.php
index 549dc14634..2219ba8a39 100644
--- a/src/Hal/Serializer/ItemNormalizer.php
+++ b/src/Hal/Serializer/ItemNormalizer.php
@@ -67,9 +67,8 @@ public function normalize(mixed $object, ?string $format = null, array $context
         }
 
         $context = $this->initContext($resourceClass, $context);
-        $iri = $this->iriConverter->getIriFromResource($object, UrlGeneratorInterface::ABS_PATH, $context['operation'] ?? null, $context);
 
-        $context['iri'] = $iri;
+        $iri = $context['iri'] ??= $this->iriConverter->getIriFromResource($object, UrlGeneratorInterface::ABS_PATH, $context['operation'] ?? null, $context);
         $context['object'] = $object;
         $context['format'] = $format;
         $context['api_normalize'] = true;
diff --git a/src/JsonApi/Serializer/ItemNormalizer.php b/src/JsonApi/Serializer/ItemNormalizer.php
index e68bda84f7..84c15dd91b 100644
--- a/src/JsonApi/Serializer/ItemNormalizer.php
+++ b/src/JsonApi/Serializer/ItemNormalizer.php
@@ -94,8 +94,8 @@ public function normalize(mixed $object, ?string $format = null, array $context
         }
 
         $context = $this->initContext($resourceClass, $context);
-        $iri = $this->iriConverter->getIriFromResource($object, UrlGeneratorInterface::ABS_PATH, $context['operation'] ?? null, $context);
-        $context['iri'] = $iri;
+
+        $iri = $context['iri'] ??= $this->iriConverter->getIriFromResource($object, UrlGeneratorInterface::ABS_PATH, $context['operation'] ?? null, $context);
         $context['object'] = $object;
         $context['format'] = $format;
         $context['api_normalize'] = true;