diff --git a/deps/rabbit/src/rabbit_peer_discovery.erl b/deps/rabbit/src/rabbit_peer_discovery.erl
index af4a975bdcb1..40a97b472d5d 100644
--- a/deps/rabbit/src/rabbit_peer_discovery.erl
+++ b/deps/rabbit/src/rabbit_peer_discovery.erl
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
          maybe_unregister/0,
          discover_cluster_nodes/0]).
 -export([backend/0,
+         should_perform_registration/0,
          node_type/0,
          normalize/1,
          append_node_prefix/1,
diff --git a/deps/rabbitmq_peer_discovery_consul/src/rabbitmq_peer_discovery_consul_health_check_helper.erl b/deps/rabbitmq_peer_discovery_consul/src/rabbitmq_peer_discovery_consul_health_check_helper.erl
index 33e54d34564c..8d832c514e38 100644
--- a/deps/rabbitmq_peer_discovery_consul/src/rabbitmq_peer_discovery_consul_health_check_helper.erl
+++ b/deps/rabbitmq_peer_discovery_consul/src/rabbitmq_peer_discovery_consul_health_check_helper.erl
@@ -33,12 +33,17 @@ start_link() ->
     gen_server:start_link({local, ?MODULE}, ?MODULE, [], []).
 
 init([]) ->
-    case rabbit_peer_discovery:backend() of
-        rabbit_peer_discovery_consul ->
-            set_up_periodic_health_check();
-        rabbitmq_peer_discovery_consul ->
-            set_up_periodic_health_check();
-        _ ->
+    case rabbit_peer_discovery:should_perform_registration() of
+        true ->
+            case rabbit_peer_discovery:backend() of
+                rabbit_peer_discovery_consul ->
+                    set_up_periodic_health_check();
+                rabbitmq_peer_discovery_consul ->
+                    set_up_periodic_health_check();
+                _ ->
+                    {ok, #state{}}
+            end;
+        false ->
             {ok, #state{}}
     end.