diff --git a/chain/vm/mkactor.go b/chain/vm/mkactor.go
index ef4382df169..77ee09a4fdb 100644
--- a/chain/vm/mkactor.go
+++ b/chain/vm/mkactor.go
@@ -29,41 +29,41 @@ func init() {
 var EmptyObjectCid cid.Cid
 
 // TryCreateAccountActor creates account actors from only BLS/SECP256K1 addresses.
-func TryCreateAccountActor(rt *Runtime, addr address.Address) (*types.Actor, aerrors.ActorError) {
+func TryCreateAccountActor(rt *Runtime, addr address.Address) (*types.Actor, address.Address, aerrors.ActorError) {
 	if err := rt.chargeGasSafe(PricelistByEpoch(rt.height).OnCreateActor()); err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+		return nil, address.Undef, err
 	}
 
 	addrID, err := rt.state.RegisterNewAddress(addr)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, aerrors.Escalate(err, "registering actor address")
+		return nil, address.Undef, aerrors.Escalate(err, "registering actor address")
 	}
 
 	act, aerr := makeActor(addr)
 	if aerr != nil {
-		return nil, aerr
+		return nil, address.Undef, aerr
 	}
 
 	if err := rt.state.SetActor(addrID, act); err != nil {
-		return nil, aerrors.Escalate(err, "creating new actor failed")
+		return nil, address.Undef, aerrors.Escalate(err, "creating new actor failed")
 	}
 
 	p, err := actors.SerializeParams(&addr)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, aerrors.Escalate(err, "couldn't serialize params for actor construction")
+		return nil, address.Undef, aerrors.Escalate(err, "couldn't serialize params for actor construction")
 	}
 	// call constructor on account
 
 	_, aerr = rt.internalSend(builtin.SystemActorAddr, addrID, builtin.MethodsAccount.Constructor, big.Zero(), p)
 	if aerr != nil {
-		return nil, aerrors.Wrap(aerr, "failed to invoke account constructor")
+		return nil, address.Undef, aerrors.Wrap(aerr, "failed to invoke account constructor")
 	}
 
 	act, err = rt.state.GetActor(addrID)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, aerrors.Escalate(err, "loading newly created actor failed")
+		return nil, address.Undef, aerrors.Escalate(err, "loading newly created actor failed")
 	}
-	return act, nil
+	return act, addrID, nil
 }
 
 func makeActor(addr address.Address) (*types.Actor, aerrors.ActorError) {
diff --git a/chain/vm/vm.go b/chain/vm/vm.go
index f51cbff2938..cf730745d53 100644
--- a/chain/vm/vm.go
+++ b/chain/vm/vm.go
@@ -126,6 +126,9 @@ func (vm *VM) makeRuntime(ctx context.Context, msg *types.Message, origin addres
 		rt.Abortf(exitcode.SysErrInvalidReceiver, "resolve msg.From address failed")
 	}
 	vmm.From = resF
+	resT, _ := rt.ResolveAddress(msg.To)
+	// may be set to undef if recipient doesn't exist yet
+	vmm.To = resT
 	rt.vmsg = &vmm
 
 	return rt
@@ -240,11 +243,18 @@ func (vm *VM) send(ctx context.Context, msg *types.Message, parent *Runtime,
 		toActor, err := st.GetActor(msg.To)
 		if err != nil {
 			if xerrors.Is(err, types.ErrActorNotFound) {
-				a, err := TryCreateAccountActor(rt, msg.To)
+				a, aid, err := TryCreateAccountActor(rt, msg.To)
 				if err != nil {
 					return nil, aerrors.Wrapf(err, "could not create account")
 				}
 				toActor = a
+				nmsg := types.Message{
+					To:    aid,
+					From:  rt.vmsg.Caller(),
+					Value: rt.vmsg.ValueReceived(),
+				}
+
+				rt.vmsg = &nmsg
 			} else {
 				return nil, aerrors.Escalate(err, "getting actor")
 			}