diff --git a/packages/ddp-server/livedata_server.js b/packages/ddp-server/livedata_server.js
index 8d8f0ed451..ba95cc1492 100644
--- a/packages/ddp-server/livedata_server.js
+++ b/packages/ddp-server/livedata_server.js
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 DDPServer = {};
 
-var Fiber = Npm.require('fibers');
-const ASL = global.asyncLocalStorage;
 // Publication strategies define how we handle data from published cursors at the collection level
 // This allows someone to:
 // - Choose a trade-off between client-server bandwidth and server memory usage
@@ -330,15 +328,9 @@ var Session = function (server, version, socket, options) {
   self.send({ msg: 'connected', session: self.id });
 
   // On initial connect, spin up all the universal publishers.
-  if (Meteor._isFibersEnabled) {
-    Fiber(function() {
-      self.startUniversalSubs();
-    }).run();
-  } else {
-    ASL.run(Meteor._getAslStore, function () {
-      self.startUniversalSubs();
-    });
-  }
+  Meteor._runAsync(function() {
+    self.startUniversalSubs();
+  });
 
   if (version !== 'pre1' && options.heartbeatInterval !== 0) {
     // We no longer need the low level timeout because we have heartbeats.
@@ -562,15 +554,11 @@ Object.assign(Session.prototype, {
     //
     // Any message counts as receiving a pong, as it demonstrates that
     // the client is still alive.
-    if (Meteor._isFibersEnabled && self.heartbeat) {
-      Fiber(function() {
-        self.heartbeat.messageReceived();
-      }).run();
-    } else if (self.heartbeat) {
-      ASL.run(Meteor._getAslStore, function () {
+    if (self.heartbeat) {
+      Meteor._runAsync(function() {
         self.heartbeat.messageReceived();
       });
-    }
+    };
 
     if (self.version !== 'pre1' && msg_in.msg === 'ping') {
       if (self._respondToPings)
@@ -616,12 +604,7 @@ Object.assign(Session.prototype, {
         unblock(); // in case the handler didn't already do it
       }
 
-      if (Meteor._isFibersEnabled) {
-        Fiber(runHandlers).run();
-        return;
-      }
-
-      ASL.run(Meteor._getAslStore, runHandlers);
+      Meteor._runAsync(runHandlers);
     };
 
     processNext();
@@ -1505,15 +1488,9 @@ Server = function (options = {}) {
             return;
           }
 
-          if (Meteor._isFibersEnabled) {
-            Fiber(function() {
-              self._handleConnect(socket, msg);
-            }).run();
-          } else {
-            ASL.run(Meteor._getAslStore, function () {
-              self._handleConnect(socket, msg);
-            });
-          }
+          Meteor._runAsync(function() {
+            self._handleConnect(socket, msg);
+          })
 
           return;
         }
@@ -1531,14 +1508,7 @@ Server = function (options = {}) {
 
     socket.on('close', function () {
       if (socket._meteorSession) {
-        if (Meteor._isFibersEnabled) {
-          Fiber(function() {
-            socket._meteorSession.close()
-          }).run();
-          return;
-        }
-
-        ASL.run(Meteor._getAslStore, function () {
+        Meteor._runAsync(function() {
           socket._meteorSession.close();
         });
       }
@@ -1718,14 +1688,7 @@ Object.assign(Server.prototype, {
         // self.sessions to change while we're running this loop.
         self.sessions.forEach(function (session) {
           if (!session._dontStartNewUniversalSubs) {
-            if (Meteor._isFibersEnabled) {
-              Fiber(function() {
-                session._startSubscription(handler);
-              }).run();
-              return;
-            }
-
-            ASL.run(Meteor._getAslStore, function() {
+            Meteor._runAsync(function() {
               session._startSubscription(handler);
             });
           }
diff --git a/packages/meteor/asl-helpers.js b/packages/meteor/asl-helpers.js
index 77214cfc32..27d9b227cb 100644
--- a/packages/meteor/asl-helpers.js
+++ b/packages/meteor/asl-helpers.js
@@ -6,3 +6,17 @@ Meteor._isFibersEnabled = !process.env.DISABLE_FIBERS && Meteor.isServer;
 Meteor._getAslStore = getAslStore;
 Meteor._getValueFromAslStore = getValueFromAslStore;
 Meteor._updateAslStore = updateAslStore;
+
+Meteor._runAsync = (fn, ctx) => {
+    if (Meteor._isFibersEnabled) {
+        const Fiber = Npm.require('fibers');
+
+        return Fiber(() => {
+            fn.call(ctx);
+        }).run();
+    }
+
+    global.asyncLocalStorage.run(Meteor._getAslStore(), () => {
+        fn.call(ctx);
+    });
+};