diff --git a/atom/common/node_includes.h b/atom/common/node_includes.h
index f328ef5ea9e3..74225cf71926 100644
--- a/atom/common/node_includes.h
+++ b/atom/common/node_includes.h
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ namespace tracing {
 class TraceEventHelper {
  public:
   static v8::TracingController* GetTracingController();
+  static node::tracing::Agent* GetAgent();
   static void SetAgent(node::tracing::Agent* agent);
 };
 
diff --git a/atom/renderer/atom_renderer_client.cc b/atom/renderer/atom_renderer_client.cc
index 5d2429ec06c5..d14aa9b36d76 100644
--- a/atom/renderer/atom_renderer_client.cc
+++ b/atom/renderer/atom_renderer_client.cc
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ void AtomRendererClient::DidCreateScriptContext(
   }
 
   // Setup node tracing controller.
-  if (!node::tracing::TraceEventHelper::GetTracingController())
+  if (!node::tracing::TraceEventHelper::GetAgent())
     node::tracing::TraceEventHelper::SetAgent(node::CreateAgent());
 
   // Setup node environment for each window.