diff --git a/common/connection.go b/common/connection.go
index b0bc951f6..32455455f 100644
--- a/common/connection.go
+++ b/common/connection.go
@@ -368,6 +368,36 @@ func (c *Connection) recvLoop() {
 				return
 			}
 
+		// In some cases the error response will only have the id and error,
+		// but no sessionId. In these cases we can't guarantee the origin of
+		// the request and so where the msg should be redirected to. To ensure
+		// the msg gets to the correct handler (which is potentially blocking
+		// a test iteration) we need to send it to all sessions and the
+		// connection's event loop.
+		case msg.ID != 0 && msg.Error != nil && msg.SessionID == "":
+			c.sessionsMu.RLock()
+			for _, s := range c.sessions {
+				select {
+				case s.readCh <- &msg:
+				case code := <-c.closeCh:
+					c.logger.Debugf(
+						"Connection:recvLoop:msg.ID:msg.Error:<-c.closeCh",
+						"sid:%v tid:%v wsURL:%v crashed:%t",
+						s.id, s.targetID, c.wsURL, s.crashed,
+					)
+					_ = c.close(code)
+				case <-c.done:
+					c.logger.Debugf(
+						"Connection:recvLoop:msg.ID:msg.Error:<-c.done",
+						"sid:%v tid:%v wsURL:%v crashed:%t",
+						s.id, s.targetID, c.wsURL, s.crashed,
+					)
+					return
+				}
+			}
+			c.sessionsMu.RUnlock()
+			c.emit("", &msg)
+
 		case msg.Method != "":
 			c.logger.Debugf("Connection:recvLoop:msg.Method:emit", "sid:%v method:%q", msg.SessionID, msg.Method)
 			ev, err := cdproto.UnmarshalMessage(&msg)