diff --git a/atom/browser/api/atom_api_web_contents.cc b/atom/browser/api/atom_api_web_contents.cc
index 77da81fdab9..508ccf9c31b 100644
--- a/atom/browser/api/atom_api_web_contents.cc
+++ b/atom/browser/api/atom_api_web_contents.cc
@@ -1012,6 +1012,9 @@ void WebContents::InspectElement(int x, int y) {
   if (type_ == REMOTE)
     return;
 
+  if (disable_devtools_)
+    return;
+
   if (!managed_web_contents()->GetDevToolsWebContents())
     OpenDevTools(nullptr);
   scoped_refptr<content::DevToolsAgentHost> agent(
@@ -1023,6 +1026,9 @@ void WebContents::InspectServiceWorker() {
   if (type_ == REMOTE)
     return;
 
+  if (disable_devtools_)
+    return;
+
   for (const auto& agent_host : content::DevToolsAgentHost::GetOrCreateAll()) {
     if (agent_host->GetType() ==
         content::DevToolsAgentHost::TYPE_SERVICE_WORKER) {