ember normalizeResponse when navigated to page vs link_to

When I navigate to a specific page, the overridden function normalizeResponse in my serializer used in conjunction with code in my router model function, to add meta data to my model, works correctly. Basically, normalizeResponse runs first, then my model function in my router.

serializers/application.js

import App from '../app';
import JSONAPISerializer from 'ember-data/serializers/json-api';

App.storeMeta = {};

export default JSONAPISerializer.extend({
  normalizeResponse(store, primaryModelClass, payload){
    App.storeMeta[primaryModelClass.modelName] = payload.meta;
    return this._super(...arguments);
  }
});

And in my model.

 model(params){
    const data = {};

    return this.store.findRecord('myModelType', params.id).then((myModelType)=>{
      myModelType.meta = App.storeMeta['myModelType'];
      return myModelType;
    },()=>{ //error
      this.get('session').invalidate();
    });
  }

When I navigate to that specific page through a link_to from another page, the model code gets called first, so there is no meta data being attached to the model.

How do I get the normalizeResponse function to run before the model function when navigated to from link_to?

Any help would greatly be appreciated.