diff --git a/lib/circuit.js b/lib/circuit.js
index 2a541ded..c730634e 100644
--- a/lib/circuit.js
+++ b/lib/circuit.js
@@ -619,6 +619,13 @@ class CircuitBreaker extends EventEmitter {
 
     const args = rest.slice();
 
+    /**
+     * Emitted when the circuit breaker action is executed
+     * @event CircuitBreaker#fire
+     * @type {any} the arguments passed to the fired function
+     */
+    this.emit('fire', args);
+
     // Protection, caches and coalesce disabled.
     if (!this[ENABLED]) {
       const result = this.action.apply(context, args);
@@ -630,13 +637,6 @@ class CircuitBreaker extends EventEmitter {
     // Need to create variable here to prevent extra calls if cache is disabled
     let cacheKey = '';
 
-    /**
-     * Emitted when the circuit breaker action is executed
-     * @event CircuitBreaker#fire
-     * @type {any} the arguments passed to the fired function
-     */
-    this.emit('fire', args);
-
     // If cache is enabled, check if we have a cached value
     if (this.options.cache) {
       cacheKey = this.options.cacheGetKey.apply(this, rest);
diff --git a/test/enable-disable-test.js b/test/enable-disable-test.js
index d76c178d..75c2be95 100644
--- a/test/enable-disable-test.js
+++ b/test/enable-disable-test.js
@@ -57,3 +57,16 @@ test('When disabled the circuit should always be closed', t => {
         .then(t.end);
     });
 });
+
+test('When disabled fire event is still emitted', t => {
+  t.plan(1);
+  const breaker = new CircuitBreaker(passFail);
+  breaker.on('fire', () => {
+    t.pass('fire event');
+    t.end();
+  });
+
+  breaker.disable();
+  breaker.fire(1)
+    .finally(_ => breaker.shutdown());
+});