diff --git a/xwords4/wasm/main.c b/xwords4/wasm/main.c
index 405c922af..695f843c7 100644
--- a/xwords4/wasm/main.c
+++ b/xwords4/wasm/main.c
@@ -831,13 +831,7 @@ main_onGameMessage( Globals* globals, XP_U32 gameID,
             XWStreamCtxt* stream = mem_stream_make_raw( MPPARM(globals->mpool)
                                                         globals->vtMgr );
             dvc_makeMQTTNoSuchGame( globals->dutil, NULL, stream, gameID );
-
-            XP_UCHAR topic[64];
-            formatMQTTTopic( &from->u.mqtt.devID, topic, sizeof(topic) );
-
-            XP_U16 streamLen = stream_getSize( stream );
-            call_mqttSend( topic, stream_getPtr( stream ), streamLen );
-            stream_destroy( stream, NULL );
+            sendStreamToDev( stream, &from->u.mqtt.devID );
 
             call_alert( "Dropping packet for non-existant game" );
         }