diff --git a/src/connector.c b/src/connector.c
index 5f1b1f06..d4505347 100644
--- a/src/connector.c
+++ b/src/connector.c
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 #include "libckpool.h"
 #include "uthash.h"
 #include "utlist.h"
+#include "stratifier.h"
 
 #define MAX_MSGSIZE 1024
 
@@ -529,14 +530,17 @@ reparse:
 		 * do this unlocked as the occasional false negative can be
 		 * filtered by the stratifier. */
 		if (likely(!client->invalid)) {
-			if (!ckp->passthrough || ckp->node)
-				send_proc(ckp->stratifier, s);
+			if (!ckp->passthrough || ckp->node) {
+				stratifier_add_recv(ckp, val);
+				val = NULL;
+			}
 			if (ckp->passthrough)
 				send_proc(ckp->generator, s);
 		}
 
 		free(s);
-		json_decref(val);
+		if (val)
+			json_decref(val);
 	}
 	client->bufofs -= buflen;
 	if (client->bufofs)
@@ -965,17 +969,13 @@ static void send_client(cdata_t *cdata, const int64_t id, char *buf)
 		}
 		if (ckp->node) {
 			json_t *val = json_loads(buf, 0, NULL);
-			char *msg;
 
 			if (!val) // Can happen if client sent invalid json message
 				goto out;
 			json_object_set_new_nocheck(val, "client_id", json_integer(client->id));
 			json_object_set_new_nocheck(val, "address", json_string(client->address_name));
 			json_object_set_new_nocheck(val, "server", json_integer(client->server));
-			msg = json_dumps(val, JSON_COMPACT);
-			json_decref(val);
-			send_proc(ckp->stratifier, msg);
-			free(msg);
+			stratifier_add_recv(ckp, val);
 		}
 		if (ckp->redirector && !client->redirected)
 			test_redirector_shares(ckp, client, buf);
diff --git a/src/stratifier.c b/src/stratifier.c
index 10daa208..ab12aff2 100644
--- a/src/stratifier.c
+++ b/src/stratifier.c
@@ -3914,7 +3914,7 @@ static void get_poolstats(sdata_t *sdata, int *sockd)
 	_Close(sockd);
 }
 
-static void srecv_process(ckpool_t *ckp, char *buf);
+static void srecv_process(ckpool_t *ckp, json_t *val);
 
 /* For emergency use only, flushes all pending ckdbq messages */
 static void ckdbq_flush(sdata_t *sdata)
@@ -6498,21 +6498,16 @@ static void parse_instance_msg(ckpool_t *ckp, sdata_t *sdata, smsg_t *msg, strat
 	parse_method(ckp, sdata, client, client_id, id_val, method, params);
 }
 
-static void srecv_process(ckpool_t *ckp, char *buf)
+static void srecv_process(ckpool_t *ckp, json_t *val)
 {
+	char address[INET6_ADDRSTRLEN], *buf;
 	bool noid = false, dropped = false;
-	char address[INET6_ADDRSTRLEN];
 	sdata_t *sdata = ckp->sdata;
 	stratum_instance_t *client;
 	smsg_t *msg;
-	json_t *val;
 	int server;
 
-	val = json_loads(buf, 0, NULL);
-	if (unlikely(!val)) {
-		LOGWARNING("Received unrecognised non-json message: %s", buf);
-		goto out;
-	}
+	buf = json_dumps(val, JSON_COMPACT);
 	msg = ckzalloc(sizeof(smsg_t));
 	msg->json_msg = val;
 	val = json_object_get(msg->json_msg, "client_id");
@@ -6575,10 +6570,16 @@ static void srecv_process(ckpool_t *ckp, char *buf)
 	dec_instance_ref(sdata, client);
 out_freemsg:
 	free_smsg(msg);
-out:
 	free(buf);
 }
 
+void stratifier_add_recv(ckpool_t *ckp, json_t *val)
+{
+	sdata_t *sdata = ckp->sdata;
+
+	ckmsgq_add(sdata->srecvs, val);
+}
+
 static void ssend_process(ckpool_t *ckp, smsg_t *msg)
 {
 	char *s;
diff --git a/src/stratifier.h b/src/stratifier.h
index 096614f1..6b66a201 100644
--- a/src/stratifier.h
+++ b/src/stratifier.h
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@
 #ifndef STRATIFIER_H
 #define STRATIFIER_H
 
+#include "ckpool.h"
+
+void stratifier_add_recv(ckpool_t *ckp, json_t *val);
 void *stratifier(void *arg);
 
 #endif /* STRATIFIER_H */