diff --git a/packages/moxxmpp/lib/src/connection.dart b/packages/moxxmpp/lib/src/connection.dart
index 22a6ed8..99bed7d 100644
--- a/packages/moxxmpp/lib/src/connection.dart
+++ b/packages/moxxmpp/lib/src/connection.dart
@@ -523,7 +523,10 @@ class XmppConnection {
     var future = Future.value(XMLNode(tag: 'not-used'));
     if (awaitable) {
       future = await _stanzaAwaiter.addPending(
-        data.stanza.to!,
+        // A stanza with no to attribute is for direct processing by the server. As such,
+        // we can correlate it by just *assuming* we have that attribute
+        // (RFC 6120 Section 8.1.1.1)
+        data.stanza.to ?? _connectionSettings.jid.toBare().toString(),
         data.stanza.id!,
         data.stanza.tag,
       );