diff --git a/src/mono/wasm/debugger/BrowserDebugProxy/Firefox/FirefoxMonoProxy.cs b/src/mono/wasm/debugger/BrowserDebugProxy/Firefox/FirefoxMonoProxy.cs
index ba8cdf740ef92e7f6e1ff84ab678cc0b68019fc3..50a2502b6626ca0821b9bfddfeb03d188409b70d 100644
--- a/src/mono/wasm/debugger/BrowserDebugProxy/Firefox/FirefoxMonoProxy.cs
+++ b/src/mono/wasm/debugger/BrowserDebugProxy/Firefox/FirefoxMonoProxy.cs
@@ -960,7 +960,7 @@ internal async Task<bool> OnGetBreakableLines(MessageId msg_id, string script_id
         if (!SourceId.TryParse(script_id, out SourceId id))
             return false;
 
-        SourceFile src_file = (await LoadStore(msg_id, token)).GetFileById(id);
+        SourceFile src_file = (await LoadStore(msg_id, false, token)).GetFileById(id);
 
         await SendEvent(msg_id, "", JObject.FromObject(new { lines = src_file.BreakableLines.ToArray(), from = script_id }), token);
         return true;
@@ -971,7 +971,7 @@ internal override async Task<bool> OnGetScriptSource(MessageId msg_id, string sc
         if (!SourceId.TryParse(script_id, out SourceId id))
             return false;
 
-        SourceFile src_file = (await LoadStore(msg_id, token)).GetFileById(id);
+        SourceFile src_file = (await LoadStore(msg_id, false, token)).GetFileById(id);
 
         try
         {
diff --git a/src/mono/wasm/debugger/BrowserDebugProxy/MemberReferenceResolver.cs b/src/mono/wasm/debugger/BrowserDebugProxy/MemberReferenceResolver.cs
index 89089fc2f1e77d47a6523c6ed9b62519d978eeed..aa67403542f80d2216f2d46ef6d5a157f6867eec 100644
--- a/src/mono/wasm/debugger/BrowserDebugProxy/MemberReferenceResolver.cs
+++ b/src/mono/wasm/debugger/BrowserDebugProxy/MemberReferenceResolver.cs
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ public async Task<JObject> GetValueFromObject(JToken objRet, CancellationToken t
         public async Task<(JObject containerObject, ArraySegment<string> remaining)> ResolveStaticMembersInStaticTypes(ArraySegment<string> parts, CancellationToken token)
         {
             string classNameToFind = "";
-            var store = await proxy.LoadStore(sessionId, token);
+            var store = await proxy.LoadStore(sessionId, false, token);
             var methodInfo = context.CallStack.FirstOrDefault(s => s.Id == scopeId)?.Method?.Info;
 
             if (methodInfo == null)
diff --git a/src/mono/wasm/debugger/BrowserDebugProxy/MonoProxy.cs b/src/mono/wasm/debugger/BrowserDebugProxy/MonoProxy.cs
index 1d2b77c3b8bf3ae61fcff68f092e6ddd5d3509e8..9a0d105bf1e5ea4f4a32534338777b96bb90c2de 100644
--- a/src/mono/wasm/debugger/BrowserDebugProxy/MonoProxy.cs
+++ b/src/mono/wasm/debugger/BrowserDebugProxy/MonoProxy.cs
@@ -844,7 +844,7 @@ private async Task<bool> ProcessEnC(SessionId sessionId, ExecutionContext contex
             byte[] pdb_buf = retDebuggerCmdReader.ReadBytes(pdb_size);
 
             var assemblyName = await context.SdbAgent.GetAssemblyNameFromModule(moduleId, token);
-            DebugStore store = await LoadStore(sessionId, token);
+            DebugStore store = await LoadStore(sessionId, true, token);
             AssemblyInfo asm = store.GetAssemblyByName(assemblyName);
             var methods = DebugStore.EnC(asm, meta_buf, pdb_buf);
             foreach (var method in methods)
@@ -953,7 +953,7 @@ protected virtual async Task<bool> SendCallStack(SessionId sessionId, ExecutionC
                 var methodId = retDebuggerCmdReader.ReadInt32();
                 var il_pos = retDebuggerCmdReader.ReadInt32();
                 var flags = retDebuggerCmdReader.ReadByte();
-                DebugStore store = await LoadStore(sessionId, token);
+                DebugStore store = await LoadStore(sessionId, true, token);
                 var method = await context.SdbAgent.GetMethodInfo(methodId, token);
 
                 if (await ShouldSkipMethod(sessionId, context, event_kind, j, method, token))
@@ -1252,7 +1252,7 @@ private async Task<bool> OnAssemblyLoadedJSEvent(SessionId sessionId, JObject ev
         {
             try
             {
-                var store = await LoadStore(sessionId, token);
+                var store = await LoadStore(sessionId, true, token);
                 var assembly_name = eventArgs?["assembly_name"]?.Value<string>();
 
                 if (store.GetAssemblyByName(assembly_name) != null)
@@ -1311,7 +1311,7 @@ private async Task OnSetEntrypointBreakpoint(SessionId sessionId, JObject args,
                 var assemblyName = assemblyAndMethodTokenArr[0];
                 var methodToken = Convert.ToInt32(assemblyAndMethodTokenArr[1]) & 0xffffff; //token
 
-                var store = await LoadStore(sessionId, token);
+                var store = await LoadStore(sessionId, true, token);
                 AssemblyInfo assembly = store.GetAssemblyByName(assemblyName);
                 if (assembly == null)
                 {
@@ -1469,7 +1469,7 @@ internal virtual async Task OnSourceFileAdded(SessionId sessionId, SourceFile so
             }
         }
 
-        internal async Task<DebugStore> LoadStore(SessionId sessionId, CancellationToken token)
+        internal async Task<DebugStore> LoadStore(SessionId sessionId, bool tryUseDebuggerProtocol, CancellationToken token)
         {
             ExecutionContext context = GetContext(sessionId);
 
@@ -1486,9 +1486,12 @@ internal async Task<DebugStore> LoadStore(SessionId sessionId, CancellationToken
                 else
                 {
                     var useDebuggerProtocol = false;
-                    (int MajorVersion, int MinorVersion) = await context.SdbAgent.GetVMVersion(token);
-                    if (MajorVersion == 2 && MinorVersion >= 61)
-                        useDebuggerProtocol = true;
+                    if (tryUseDebuggerProtocol)
+                    {
+                        (int MajorVersion, int MinorVersion) = await context.SdbAgent.GetVMVersion(token);
+                        if (MajorVersion == 2 && MinorVersion >= 61)
+                            useDebuggerProtocol = true;
+                    }
 
                     await foreach (SourceFile source in context.store.Load(sessionId, loaded_files, context, useDebuggerProtocol, token))
                     {
@@ -1541,7 +1544,7 @@ protected async Task<DebugStore> RuntimeReady(SessionId sessionId, CancellationT
             await context.SdbAgent.EnableReceiveRequests(EventKind.EnC, token);
             await context.SdbAgent.EnableReceiveRequests(EventKind.MethodUpdate, token);
 
-            DebugStore store = await LoadStore(sessionId, token);
+            DebugStore store = await LoadStore(sessionId, true, token);
             context.ready.SetResult(store);
             await SendEvent(sessionId, "Mono.runtimeReady", new JObject(), token);
             await SendMonoCommand(sessionId, MonoCommands.SetDebuggerAttached(RuntimeId), token);
@@ -1724,7 +1727,7 @@ internal virtual async Task<bool> OnGetScriptSource(MessageId msg_id, string scr
             if (!SourceId.TryParse(script_id, out SourceId id))
                 return false;
 
-            SourceFile src_file = (await LoadStore(msg_id, token)).GetFileById(id);
+            SourceFile src_file = (await LoadStore(msg_id, true, token)).GetFileById(id);
 
             try
             {