diff --git a/packages/serverless-offline-sqs/src/sqs-event-definition.js b/packages/serverless-offline-sqs/src/sqs-event-definition.js
index 2cebaaf8..7fcf11ea 100644
--- a/packages/serverless-offline-sqs/src/sqs-event-definition.js
+++ b/packages/serverless-offline-sqs/src/sqs-event-definition.js
@@ -12,13 +12,17 @@ class SQSEventDefinition {
 
     if (typeof rawSqsEventDefinition === 'string') {
       queueName = extractQueueNameFromARN(rawSqsEventDefinition);
-    } else if (typeof rawSqsEventDefinition.arn === 'string') {
-      queueName = extractQueueNameFromARN(rawSqsEventDefinition.arn);
-    } else if (typeof rawSqsEventDefinition.queueName === 'string') {
-      queueName = rawSqsEventDefinition.queueName;
-    }
 
-    this.enabled = isNil(enabled) ? true : enabled;
+      this.enabled = true;
+    } else {
+      if (typeof rawSqsEventDefinition.arn === 'string') {
+        queueName = extractQueueNameFromARN(rawSqsEventDefinition.arn);
+      } else if (typeof rawSqsEventDefinition.queueName === 'string') {
+        queueName = rawSqsEventDefinition.queueName;
+      }
+
+      this.enabled = isNil(rawSqsEventDefinition.enabled) ? true : enabled;
+    }
 
     this.arn = `arn:aws:sqs:${region}:${accountId}:${queueName}`;
     this.queueName = queueName;
diff --git a/packages/serverless-offline-sqs/src/sqs.js b/packages/serverless-offline-sqs/src/sqs.js
index 6bd9b347..a02bbd6b 100644
--- a/packages/serverless-offline-sqs/src/sqs.js
+++ b/packages/serverless-offline-sqs/src/sqs.js
@@ -60,10 +60,10 @@ class SQS {
   async _sqsEvent(functionKey, sqsEvent) {
     const {enabled, arn, queueName, batchSize} = sqsEvent;
 
-    if (!enabled) return;
-
     if (this.options.autoCreate) await this._createQueue(sqsEvent);
 
+    if (!enabled) return;
+
     const {QueueUrl} = await this.client.getQueueUrl({QueueName: queueName}).promise();
 
     const job = async () => {