diff --git a/src/code/SetPSResourceRepository.cs b/src/code/SetPSResourceRepository.cs
index 293db33e9..955bb207b 100644
--- a/src/code/SetPSResourceRepository.cs
+++ b/src/code/SetPSResourceRepository.cs
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ public SwitchParameter Trusted
 
         public object GetDynamicParameters()
         {
+            RepositorySettings.CheckRepositoryStore();
             PSRepositoryInfo repository = RepositorySettings.Read(new[] { Name }, out string[] _).FirstOrDefault();
             // Dynamic parameter '-CredentialProvider' should not appear for PSGallery, MAR, or any container registry repository.
             // It should also not appear when using the 'Repositories' parameter set.
@@ -129,11 +130,6 @@ public object GetDynamicParameters()
 
         #region Private methods
 
-        protected override void BeginProcessing()
-        {
-            RepositorySettings.CheckRepositoryStore();
-        }
-
         protected override void ProcessRecord()
         {
             // determine if either 1 of 5 values are attempting to be set: Uri, Priority, Trusted, APIVersion, CredentialInfo.
diff --git a/test/ResourceRepositoryTests/SetPSResourceRepository.Tests.ps1 b/test/ResourceRepositoryTests/SetPSResourceRepository.Tests.ps1
index 3a4d4f10c..eb244c5bd 100644
--- a/test/ResourceRepositoryTests/SetPSResourceRepository.Tests.ps1
+++ b/test/ResourceRepositoryTests/SetPSResourceRepository.Tests.ps1
@@ -41,6 +41,20 @@ Describe "Test Set-PSResourceRepository" -tags 'CI' {
         Get-RemoveTestDirs($tmpDirPaths)
     }
 
+    It "set PSGallery trust when repository store file doesn't exist" {
+        $powerShellGetPath = Join-Path -Path ([Environment]::GetFolderPath([System.Environment+SpecialFolder]::LocalApplicationData)) -ChildPath "PSResourceGet"
+        $repoFilePath = Join-Path -Path $powerShellGetPath -ChildPath "PSResourceRepository.xml"
+        Remove-Item -LiteralPath $repoFilePath -Force -ErrorAction Stop
+        Test-Path -LiteralPath $repoFilePath | Should -Be False
+
+        $result = Set-PSResourceRepository -Name PSGallery -Trusted -PassThru -ErrorAction Stop
+
+        Test-Path -LiteralPath $repoFilePath | Should -Be True
+        $result | Should -Not -BeNullOrEmpty
+        $result.Name | Should -Be $PSGalleryName
+        $result.Trusted | Should -Be True
+    }
+
     It "set repository given Name and Uri parameters" {
         Register-PSResourceRepository -Name $TestRepoName1 -Uri $tmpDir1Path
         Set-PSResourceRepository -Name $TestRepoName1 -Uri $tmpDir2Path