diff --git a/src/sharding/ShardClientUtil.js b/src/sharding/ShardClientUtil.js
index 07c282ebf..1ca30bb34 100644
--- a/src/sharding/ShardClientUtil.js
+++ b/src/sharding/ShardClientUtil.js
@@ -132,6 +132,8 @@ class ShardClientUtil {
       } catch (err) {
         this._respond('eval', { _eval: message._eval, _error: Util.makePlainError(err) });
       }
+    } else {
+      this.send(message);
     }
   }