diff --git a/source/create.ts b/source/create.ts
index 7c31ae0d7..a59f2cba7 100644
--- a/source/create.ts
+++ b/source/create.ts
@@ -239,7 +239,9 @@ const create = (defaults: InstanceDefaults): Got => {
 				return;
 			}
 
-			if (optionsToMerge !== undefined) {
+			if (optionsToMerge === result.request.options) {
+				normalizedOptions = result.request.options;
+			} else if (optionsToMerge !== undefined) {
 				normalizedOptions = normalizeArguments(undefined, optionsToMerge, normalizedOptions);
 			}
 
diff --git a/test/pagination.ts b/test/pagination.ts
index cdc9b66c8..4aad683d4 100644
--- a/test/pagination.ts
+++ b/test/pagination.ts
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ test('allowGetBody sends json payload with .paginate()', withBodyParsingServer,
 	t.deepEqual(results, [1, 2, 3]);
 });
 
-test.failing('`hooks` are not duplicated', withBodyParsingServer, async (t, server, got) => {
+test('`hooks` are not duplicated', withBodyParsingServer, async (t, server, got) => {
 	let page = 1;
 	server.get('/', (_request, response) => {
 		response.end(JSON.stringify([page++]));