diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 75d6720fae9..23a1fc9dcad 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 ### Bug fixes
 
 * [#8720](https://github.com/rubocop-hq/rubocop/issues/8720): Fix an error for `Lint/IdentityComparison` when calling `object_id` method without receiver in LHS or RHS. ([@koic][])
+* [#8710](https://github.com/rubocop-hq/rubocop/issues/8710): Fix a false positive for `Layout/RescueEnsureAlignment` when `Layout/BeginEndAlignment` cop is not enabled status. ([@koic][])
 
 ## 0.91.0 (2020-09-15)
 
diff --git a/lib/rubocop/cop/layout/rescue_ensure_alignment.rb b/lib/rubocop/cop/layout/rescue_ensure_alignment.rb
index cae37dc5a75..cb89705d3ea 100644
--- a/lib/rubocop/cop/layout/rescue_ensure_alignment.rb
+++ b/lib/rubocop/cop/layout/rescue_ensure_alignment.rb
@@ -191,7 +191,16 @@ def alignment_location(alignment_node)
         end
 
         def begin_end_alignment_style
-          config.for_cop('Layout/BeginEndAlignment')['EnforcedStyleAlignWith']
+          # FIXME: Workaround for pending status for `Layout/BeginEndAlignment` cop
+          #        When RuboCop 1.0 is released, please replace it with the following condition.
+          #
+          # config.for_cop('Layout/BeginEndAlignment')['Enabled'] &&
+          #   config.for_cop('Layout/BeginEndAlignment')['EnforcedStyleAlignWith']
+          if config.for_all_cops['NewCops'] == 'enable' ||
+             config.for_cop('Layout/BeginEndAlignment')['Enabled'] &&
+             config.for_cop('Layout/BeginEndAlignment')['Enabled'] != 'pending'
+            config.for_cop('Layout/BeginEndAlignment')['EnforcedStyleAlignWith']
+          end
         end
       end
     end
diff --git a/spec/rubocop/cop/layout/rescue_ensure_alignment_spec.rb b/spec/rubocop/cop/layout/rescue_ensure_alignment_spec.rb
index 87ae2fd6cc4..7b2f555577a 100644
--- a/spec/rubocop/cop/layout/rescue_ensure_alignment_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/rubocop/cop/layout/rescue_ensure_alignment_spec.rb
@@ -30,6 +30,58 @@
         { 'EnforcedStyle' => 'require_parentheses' }
       end
 
+      context '`Layout/BeginEndAlignment` cop is not enabled' do
+        let(:other_cops) do
+          {
+            'Layout/BeginEndAlignment' => {
+              'Enabled' => false,
+              'EnforcedStyleAlignWith' => 'start_of_line'
+            }
+          }
+        end
+
+        it 'accepts multi-line, aligned' do
+          expect_no_offenses(<<~RUBY)
+            x ||= begin
+                    1
+                  rescue
+                    2
+                  end
+          RUBY
+        end
+
+        it 'accepts multi-line, indented' do
+          expect_no_offenses(<<~RUBY)
+            x ||=
+              begin
+                1
+              rescue
+                2
+              end
+          RUBY
+        end
+
+        it 'registers an offense and corrects for incorrect alignment' do
+          expect_offense(<<~RUBY)
+            x ||= begin
+              1
+            rescue
+            ^^^^^^ `rescue` at 3, 0 is not aligned with `begin` at 1, 6.
+              2
+            end
+          RUBY
+
+          # Except for `rescue`, it will be aligned by `Layout/BeginEndAlignment` auto-correction.
+          expect_correction(<<~RUBY)
+            x ||= begin
+              1
+                  rescue
+              2
+            end
+          RUBY
+        end
+      end
+
       context 'when `EnforcedStyleAlignWith: start_of_line` of `Layout/BeginEndAlignment` cop' do
         let(:other_cops) do
           {