diff --git a/src/sharding/ShardClientUtil.js b/src/sharding/ShardClientUtil.js
index 044d8ab35818..e5b40b5b779a 100644
--- a/src/sharding/ShardClientUtil.js
+++ b/src/sharding/ShardClientUtil.js
@@ -200,13 +200,14 @@ class ShardClientUtil {
    */
   _respond(type, message) {
     this.send(message).catch(err => {
-      err.message = `Error when sending ${type} response to master process: ${err.message}`;
+      const error = new Error(`Error when sending ${type} response to master process: ${err.message}`);
+      error.stack = err.stack;
       /**
        * Emitted when the client encounters an error.
        * @event Client#error
        * @param {Error} error The error encountered
        */
-      this.client.emit(Events.ERROR, err);
+      this.client.emit(Events.ERROR, error);
     });
   }