diff --git a/playwright/src/main/java/com/microsoft/playwright/impl/Connection.java b/playwright/src/main/java/com/microsoft/playwright/impl/Connection.java
index b0bc2bd37..f285a2f4b 100644
--- a/playwright/src/main/java/com/microsoft/playwright/impl/Connection.java
+++ b/playwright/src/main/java/com/microsoft/playwright/impl/Connection.java
@@ -190,7 +190,8 @@ private WaitableResult<JsonElement> internalSendMessage(String guid, String meth
       callData.add("stack", stack);
       JsonObject stackParams = new JsonObject();
       stackParams.add("callData", callData);
-      internalSendMessage(localUtils.guid,"addStackToTracingNoReply", stackParams, null, false, true);
+      // LocalUtils belongs to the driver connection, which is not this one when the browser came from connect().
+      localUtils.connection.internalSendMessage(localUtils.guid,"addStackToTracingNoReply", stackParams, null, false, true);
     }
     return result;
   }