diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c2296506c4b..f3835bc43c9 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## Unreleased
+
+### Improvements
+
+- Avoid forking `rootScopes` for Reactor if current thread has `NoOpScopes` ([#4793](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-java/pull/4793))
+  - This reduces the SDKs overhead by avoiding unnecessary scope forks
+
 ## 8.27.1
 
 ### Fixes
diff --git a/sentry-reactor/src/main/java/io/sentry/reactor/SentryReactorThreadLocalAccessor.java b/sentry-reactor/src/main/java/io/sentry/reactor/SentryReactorThreadLocalAccessor.java
index 7ef4bb9bd1e..d2b841abe70 100644
--- a/sentry-reactor/src/main/java/io/sentry/reactor/SentryReactorThreadLocalAccessor.java
+++ b/sentry-reactor/src/main/java/io/sentry/reactor/SentryReactorThreadLocalAccessor.java
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ public Object key() {
 
   @Override
   public IScopes getValue() {
-    return Sentry.getCurrentScopes();
+    return Sentry.getCurrentScopes(false);
   }
 
   @Override
diff --git a/sentry/api/sentry.api b/sentry/api/sentry.api
index a638df4ebef..8f9220eebee 100644
--- a/sentry/api/sentry.api
+++ b/sentry/api/sentry.api
@@ -2631,6 +2631,7 @@ public final class io/sentry/Sentry {
 	public static fun getBaggage ()Lio/sentry/BaggageHeader;
 	public static fun getCurrentHub ()Lio/sentry/IHub;
 	public static fun getCurrentScopes ()Lio/sentry/IScopes;
+	public static fun getCurrentScopes (Z)Lio/sentry/IScopes;
 	public static fun getGlobalScope ()Lio/sentry/IScope;
 	public static fun getLastEventId ()Lio/sentry/protocol/SentryId;
 	public static fun getSpan ()Lio/sentry/ISpan;
diff --git a/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/Sentry.java b/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/Sentry.java
index bf62fc5e238..f726c1a602c 100644
--- a/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/Sentry.java
+++ b/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/Sentry.java
@@ -97,16 +97,33 @@ private Sentry() {}
     return new HubScopesWrapper(getCurrentScopes());
   }
 
-  @ApiStatus.Internal // exposed for the coroutines integration in SentryContext
+  @ApiStatus.Internal
   @SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
   public static @NotNull IScopes getCurrentScopes() {
+    return getCurrentScopes(true);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Returns the current contexts scopes.
+   *
+   * @param ensureForked if true, forks root scopes in case there are no scopes for this context if
+   *     false, returns NoOpScopes if there are no scopes for this context
+   * @return current scopes, a root scopes fork or NoopScopes
+   */
+  @ApiStatus.Internal
+  @SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
+  public static @NotNull IScopes getCurrentScopes(final boolean ensureForked) {
     if (globalHubMode) {
       return rootScopes;
     }
     @Nullable IScopes scopes = getScopesStorage().get();
     if (scopes == null || scopes.isNoOp()) {
-      scopes = rootScopes.forkedScopes("getCurrentScopes");
-      getScopesStorage().set(scopes);
+      if (!ensureForked) {
+        return NoOpScopes.getInstance();
+      } else {
+        scopes = rootScopes.forkedScopes("getCurrentScopes");
+        getScopesStorage().set(scopes);
+      }
     }
     return scopes;
   }