diff --git a/lib/inspec/dsl_shared.rb b/lib/inspec/dsl_shared.rb
index 331df2970..2a610e463 100644
--- a/lib/inspec/dsl_shared.rb
+++ b/lib/inspec/dsl_shared.rb
@@ -23,9 +23,11 @@ module Inspec
         # context that provides the correct plane to evaluate all required files to.
         # It will ensure that embedded calls to `require` still call this
         # method and get loaded from their correct paths.
-        return __inspec_binding.eval(content, path, line) if defined?(__inspec_binding)
-
-        eval(content, TOPLEVEL_BINDING, path, line) # rubocop:disable Security/Eval
+        if defined?(__inspec_binding)
+          __inspec_binding.eval(content, path, line)
+        else
+          eval(content, TOPLEVEL_BINDING, path, line) # rubocop:disable Security/Eval
+        end
       end
     end
   end