diff --git a/packages/schema/src/hooks/resolve.ts b/packages/schema/src/hooks/resolve.ts
index e50b43200e..b61bbcb110 100644
--- a/packages/schema/src/hooks/resolve.ts
+++ b/packages/schema/src/hooks/resolve.ts
@@ -157,6 +157,12 @@ export const resolveExternal =
       const status = context.params.resolve
       const { isPaginated, data } = getResult(context)
       const resolveAndGetDispatch = async (current: any) => {
+        const currentExistingDispatch = getDispatch(current)
+
+        if (currentExistingDispatch !== null) {
+          return currentExistingDispatch
+        }
+
         const resolved = await runResolvers(resolvers, current, context, status)
         const currentDispatch = Object.keys(resolved).reduce(
           (res, key) => {
diff --git a/packages/schema/test/fixture.ts b/packages/schema/test/fixture.ts
index 38f3387843..4456d6aad5 100644
--- a/packages/schema/test/fixture.ts
+++ b/packages/schema/test/fixture.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ import {
   FromSchema,
   getValidator,
   getDataValidator,
-  virtual
+  virtual,
+  resolveExternal
 } from '../src'
 
 const fixtureAjv = new Ajv({
@@ -198,6 +199,13 @@ class MessageService extends MemoryService<Message, MessageData, ServiceParams>
   }
 }
 
+const findResult = { message: 'Hello' }
+class CustomService {
+  async find() {
+    return [findResult]
+  }
+}
+
 const customMethodDataResolver = resolve<any, HookContext<Application>>({
   properties: {
     userId: async () => 0,
@@ -209,6 +217,7 @@ type ServiceTypes = {
   users: MemoryService<User, UserData, ServiceParams>
   messages: MessageService
   paginatedMessages: MemoryService<Message, MessageData, ServiceParams>
+  custom: CustomService
 }
 type Application = FeathersApplication<ServiceTypes>
 
@@ -223,6 +232,14 @@ app.use(
 app.use('messages', new MessageService(), {
   methods: ['find', 'get', 'create', 'update', 'patch', 'remove', 'customMethod']
 })
+app.use('custom', new CustomService())
+
+app.service('custom').hooks({
+  around: {
+    all: [resolveExternal(resolve<any, HookContext<Application>>({}))]
+  }
+})
+
 app.use('paginatedMessages', memory({ paginate: { default: 10 } }))
 
 app.service('messages').hooks({
diff --git a/packages/schema/test/hooks.test.ts b/packages/schema/test/hooks.test.ts
index afe1a68eb1..b7a5b1c8a0 100644
--- a/packages/schema/test/hooks.test.ts
+++ b/packages/schema/test/hooks.test.ts
@@ -187,6 +187,13 @@ describe('@feathersjs/schema/hooks', () => {
     })
   })
 
+  it('resolves safe dispatch with static data', async () => {
+    const service = app.service('custom')
+
+    await service.find()
+    assert.deepStrictEqual(await service.find(), [{ message: 'Hello' }])
+  })
+
   it('resolves data for custom methods', async () => {
     const result = await app.service('messages').customMethod({ message: 'Hello' })
     const user = {