diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index 0492a1659b9..1a138091eff 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ Henk-Jaap Wagenaar
 Hugo van Kemenade
 Hui Wang (coldnight)
 Ian Bicking
+Ian Lesperance
 Jaap Broekhuizen
 Jan Balster
 Janne Vanhala
diff --git a/_pytest/skipping.py b/_pytest/skipping.py
index a1e5b43800b..98fc51c7ff8 100644
--- a/_pytest/skipping.py
+++ b/_pytest/skipping.py
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ def pytest_runtest_makereport(item, call):
             else:
                 rep.outcome = "passed"
                 rep.wasxfail = explanation
-    elif item._skipped_by_mark and rep.skipped and type(rep.longrepr) is tuple:
+    elif getattr(item, '_skipped_by_mark', False) and rep.skipped and type(rep.longrepr) is tuple:
         # skipped by mark.skipif; change the location of the failure
         # to point to the item definition, otherwise it will display
         # the location of where the skip exception was raised within pytest
diff --git a/changelog/3074.bugfix b/changelog/3074.bugfix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..814f26ff10d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/3074.bugfix
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fix skipping plugin reporting hook when test aborted before plugin setup hook.