diff --git a/lib/route.js b/lib/route.js
index 286378604b..3f2fe7d336 100644
--- a/lib/route.js
+++ b/lib/route.js
@@ -516,7 +516,7 @@ function runPreParsing (err, request, reply) {
 
   request[kRequestPayloadStream] = request.raw
 
-  if (request[kRouteContext].preParsing !== null) {
+  if (request[kRouteContext].preParsing !== null && request[kRouteContext].preParsing !== undefined) {
     preParsingHookRunner(request[kRouteContext].preParsing, request, reply, handleRequest)
   } else {
     handleRequest(null, request, reply)