diff --git a/lib/async_hooks.js b/lib/async_hooks.js
index 39fd319fe54fe0..b74e657f9b4ff5 100644
--- a/lib/async_hooks.js
+++ b/lib/async_hooks.js
@@ -1,25 +1,17 @@
 'use strict';
 
 const internalUtil = require('internal/util');
-const async_wrap = process.binding('async_wrap');
-/* Both these arrays are used to communicate between JS and C++ with as little
- * overhead as possible.
- *
- * async_hook_fields is a Uint32Array() that communicates the number of each
- * type of active hooks of each type and wraps the uin32_t array of
- * node::Environment::AsyncHooks::fields_.
- *
- * async_uid_fields is a Float64Array() that contains the async/trigger ids for
- * several operations. These fields are as follows:
- *   kCurrentAsyncId: The async id of the current execution stack.
- *   kCurrentTriggerId: The trigger id of the current execution stack.
- *   kAsyncUidCntr: Counter that tracks the unique ids given to new resources.
- *   kInitTriggerId: Written to just before creating a new resource, so the
- *    constructor knows what other resource is responsible for its init().
- *    Used this way so the trigger id doesn't need to be passed to every
- *    resource's constructor.
- */
-const { async_hook_fields, async_uid_fields } = async_wrap;
+const {
+  async_wrap,
+  async_hook_fields,
+  async_uid_fields,
+  internalJSConstants,
+  initTriggerId,
+  resetTriggerId,
+  executionAsyncId,
+  triggerAsyncId
+} = require('internal/async_hooks');
+
 // Used to change the state of the async id stack.
 const { pushAsyncIds, popAsyncIds } = async_wrap;
 // Array of all AsyncHooks that will be iterated whenever an async event fires.
@@ -39,8 +31,14 @@ var tmp_async_hook_fields = null;
 // Each constant tracks how many callbacks there are for any given step of
 // async execution. These are tracked so if the user didn't include callbacks
 // for a given step, that step can bail out early.
-const { kInit, kBefore, kAfter, kDestroy, kTotals, kCurrentAsyncId,
-  kCurrentTriggerId, kAsyncUidCntr, kInitTriggerId } = async_wrap.constants;
+const {
+  kInit,
+  kBefore,
+  kAfter,
+  kDestroy,
+  kTotals,
+  kAsyncUidCntr,
+} = internalJSConstants;
 
 const { async_id_symbol, trigger_id_symbol } = async_wrap;
 
@@ -194,16 +192,6 @@ function createHook(fns) {
 }
 
 
-function executionAsyncId() {
-  return async_uid_fields[kCurrentAsyncId];
-}
-
-
-function triggerAsyncId() {
-  return async_uid_fields[kCurrentTriggerId];
-}
-
-
 // Embedder API //
 
 class AsyncResource {
@@ -278,27 +266,6 @@ function newUid() {
 }
 
 
-// Return the triggerAsyncId meant for the constructor calling it. It's up to
-// the user to safeguard this call and make sure it's zero'd out when the
-// constructor is complete.
-function initTriggerId() {
-  var tId = async_uid_fields[kInitTriggerId];
-  // Reset value after it's been called so the next constructor doesn't
-  // inherit it by accident.
-  async_uid_fields[kInitTriggerId] = 0;
-  if (tId <= 0)
-    tId = async_uid_fields[kCurrentAsyncId];
-  return tId;
-}
-
-
-function setInitTriggerId(triggerAsyncId) {
-  // CHECK(Number.isSafeInteger(triggerAsyncId))
-  // CHECK(triggerAsyncId > 0)
-  async_uid_fields[kInitTriggerId] = triggerAsyncId;
-}
-
-
 function emitInitScript(asyncId, type, triggerAsyncId, resource) {
   // Short circuit all checks for the common case. Which is that no hooks have
   // been set. Do this to remove performance impact for embedders (and core).
@@ -313,7 +280,7 @@ function emitInitScript(asyncId, type, triggerAsyncId, resource) {
     triggerAsyncId = initTriggerId();
   } else {
     // If a triggerAsyncId was passed, any kInitTriggerId still must be null'd.
-    async_uid_fields[kInitTriggerId] = 0;
+    resetTriggerId();
   }
 
   // TODO(trevnorris): I'd prefer allowing these checks to not exist, or only
@@ -455,7 +422,6 @@ module.exports = {
   // Sensitive Embedder API
   newUid,
   initTriggerId,
-  setInitTriggerId,
   emitInit: emitInitScript,
   emitBefore: emitBeforeScript,
   emitAfter: emitAfterScript,
diff --git a/lib/dgram.js b/lib/dgram.js
index 3204ad87cd5cd9..2b427c14387544 100644
--- a/lib/dgram.js
+++ b/lib/dgram.js
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ const errors = require('internal/errors');
 const Buffer = require('buffer').Buffer;
 const util = require('util');
 const EventEmitter = require('events');
-const setInitTriggerId = require('async_hooks').setInitTriggerId;
+const { triggerIdScopeSync } = require('internal/async_hooks');
 const UV_UDP_REUSEADDR = process.binding('constants').os.UV_UDP_REUSEADDR;
 const async_id_symbol = process.binding('async_wrap').async_id_symbol;
 const nextTick = require('internal/process/next_tick').nextTick;
@@ -455,13 +455,17 @@ function doSend(ex, self, ip, list, address, port, callback) {
   // node::SendWrap isn't instantiated and attached to the JS instance of
   // SendWrap above until send() is called. So don't set the init trigger id
   // until now.
-  setInitTriggerId(self[async_id_symbol]);
-  var err = self._handle.send(req,
-                              list,
-                              list.length,
-                              port,
-                              ip,
-                              !!callback);
+  const err = triggerIdScopeSync(
+    self[async_id_symbol],
+    () => self._handle.send(
+      req,
+      list,
+      list.length,
+      port,
+      ip,
+      !!callback
+    )
+  );
   if (err && callback) {
     // don't emit as error, dgram_legacy.js compatibility
     const ex = exceptionWithHostPort(err, 'send', address, port);
diff --git a/lib/internal/async_hooks.js b/lib/internal/async_hooks.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..ba5c87aa29f7b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/internal/async_hooks.js
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+'use strict';
+
+const async_wrap = process.binding('async_wrap');
+
+/* Both these arrays are used to communicate between JS and C++ with as little
+ * overhead as possible.
+ *
+ * async_hook_fields is a Uint32Array() that communicates the number of each
+ * type of active hooks of each type and wraps the uin32_t array of
+ * node::Environment::AsyncHooks::fields_.
+ *
+ * async_uid_fields is a Float64Array() that contains the async/trigger ids for
+ * several operations. These fields are as follows:
+ *   kCurrentAsyncId: The async id of the current execution stack.
+ *   kCurrentTriggerId: The trigger id of the current execution stack.
+ *   kAsyncUidCntr: Counter that tracks the unique ids given to new resources.
+ *   kInitTriggerId: Written to just before creating a new resource, so the
+ *    constructor knows what other resource is responsible for its init().
+ *    Used this way so the trigger id doesn't need to be passed to every
+ *    resource's constructor.
+ */
+const { async_hook_fields, async_uid_fields } = async_wrap;
+const {
+  kCurrentTriggerId,
+  kCurrentAsyncId,
+  kInitTriggerId
+} = async_wrap.constants;
+
+const {
+  kInit,
+  kBefore,
+  kAfter,
+  kDestroy,
+  kTotals,
+  kAsyncUidCntr,
+} = async_wrap.constants;
+
+const internalJSConstants = {
+  kInit,
+  kBefore,
+  kAfter,
+  kDestroy,
+  kTotals,
+  kAsyncUidCntr,
+};
+
+// Return the triggerAsyncId meant for the constructor calling it. It's up to
+// the user to safeguard this call and make sure it's zero'd out when the
+// constructor is complete.
+function initTriggerId() {
+  var tId = async_uid_fields[kInitTriggerId];
+  // Reset value after it's been called so the next constructor doesn't
+  // inherit it by accident.
+  async_uid_fields[kInitTriggerId] = 0;
+  if (tId <= 0)
+    tId = executionAsyncId();
+  return tId;
+}
+
+
+function resetTriggerId() {
+  async_uid_fields[kInitTriggerId] = 0;
+}
+
+
+function executionAsyncId() {
+  return async_uid_fields[kCurrentAsyncId];
+}
+
+
+function triggerAsyncId() {
+  return async_uid_fields[kCurrentTriggerId];
+}
+
+
+function triggerIdScopeSync(id, block) {
+  let old = async_uid_fields[kInitTriggerId];
+  async_uid_fields[kInitTriggerId] = id;
+  try {
+    const ret = block();
+    if (async_uid_fields[kInitTriggerId] !== id) old = null;
+    return ret;
+  } finally {
+    old && (async_uid_fields[kInitTriggerId] = old);
+  }
+}
+
+
+module.exports = {
+  async_wrap,
+  async_hook_fields,
+  async_uid_fields,
+  internalJSConstants,
+  initTriggerId,
+  resetTriggerId,
+  executionAsyncId,
+  triggerAsyncId,
+  triggerIdScopeSync,
+};
diff --git a/lib/net.js b/lib/net.js
index 5129a596421e1c..8685be93acca7f 100644
--- a/lib/net.js
+++ b/lib/net.js
@@ -40,7 +40,8 @@ const PipeConnectWrap = process.binding('pipe_wrap').PipeConnectWrap;
 const ShutdownWrap = process.binding('stream_wrap').ShutdownWrap;
 const WriteWrap = process.binding('stream_wrap').WriteWrap;
 const async_id_symbol = process.binding('async_wrap').async_id_symbol;
-const { newUid, setInitTriggerId } = require('async_hooks');
+const { triggerIdScopeSync } = require('internal/async_hooks');
+const { newUid } = require('async_hooks');
 const nextTick = require('internal/process/next_tick').nextTick;
 const errors = require('internal/errors');
 
@@ -290,10 +291,12 @@ function onSocketFinish() {
   req.oncomplete = afterShutdown;
   req.handle = this._handle;
   // node::ShutdownWrap isn't instantiated and attached to the JS instance of
-  // ShutdownWrap above until shutdown() is called. So don't set the init
+  // ShutdownWrap above until shutdown() is called. So we don't set the init
   // trigger id until now.
-  setInitTriggerId(this[async_id_symbol]);
-  var err = this._handle.shutdown(req);
+  const err = triggerIdScopeSync(
+    this[async_id_symbol],
+    () => this._handle.shutdown(req)
+  );
 
   if (err)
     return this.destroy(errnoException(err, 'shutdown'));
@@ -904,23 +907,24 @@ function internalConnect(
     req.localPort = localPort;
 
     // node::TCPConnectWrap isn't instantiated and attached to the JS instance
-    // of TCPConnectWrap above until connect() is called. So don't set the init
-    // trigger id until now.
-    setInitTriggerId(self[async_id_symbol]);
-    if (addressType === 4)
-      err = self._handle.connect(req, address, port);
-    else
-      err = self._handle.connect6(req, address, port);
-
+    // of TCPConnectWrap above until connect() is called. So we don't set the
+    // init triggerID until now.
+    const methodName = addressType === 4 ? 'connect' : 'connect6';
+    err = triggerIdScopeSync(
+      self[async_id_symbol],
+      () => self._handle[methodName](req, address, port)
+    );
   } else {
     const req = new PipeConnectWrap();
     req.address = address;
     req.oncomplete = afterConnect;
     // node::PipeConnectWrap isn't instantiated and attached to the JS instance
-    // of PipeConnectWrap above until connect() is called. So don't set the
-    // init trigger id until now.
-    setInitTriggerId(self[async_id_symbol]);
-    err = self._handle.connect(req, address, afterConnect);
+    // of PipeConnectWrap above until connect() is called. So we don't set the
+    // init triggerID until now.
+    err = triggerIdScopeSync(
+      self[async_id_symbol],
+      () => self._handle.connect(req, address, afterConnect)
+    );
   }
 
   if (err) {
@@ -1051,8 +1055,7 @@ function lookupAndConnect(self, options) {
   debug('connect: dns options', dnsopts);
   self._host = host;
   var lookup = options.lookup || dns.lookup;
-  setInitTriggerId(self[async_id_symbol]);
-  lookup(host, dnsopts, function emitLookup(err, ip, addressType) {
+  function emitLookup(err, ip, addressType) {
     self.emit('lookup', err, ip, addressType, host);
 
     // It's possible we were destroyed while looking this up.
@@ -1078,7 +1081,11 @@ function lookupAndConnect(self, options) {
                       localAddress,
                       localPort);
     }
-  });
+  }
+  triggerIdScopeSync(
+    self[async_id_symbol],
+    () => lookup(host, dnsopts, emitLookup)
+  );
 }
 
 
diff --git a/node.gyp b/node.gyp
index b0e4676a96e477..5369ea6cb0aa72 100644
--- a/node.gyp
+++ b/node.gyp
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@
       'lib/v8.js',
       'lib/vm.js',
       'lib/zlib.js',
+      'lib/internal/async_hooks.js',
       'lib/internal/buffer.js',
       'lib/internal/child_process.js',
       'lib/internal/cluster/child.js',