diff --git a/ts/views/conversation_view.tsx b/ts/views/conversation_view.tsx
index 2f33837df04d..55ff21fb37b1 100644
--- a/ts/views/conversation_view.tsx
+++ b/ts/views/conversation_view.tsx
@@ -2617,7 +2617,7 @@ export class ConversationView extends window.Backbone.View<ConversationModel> {
 
       log.info('Send pre-checks took', sendDelta, 'milliseconds');
 
-      model.enqueueMessageForSend(
+      await model.enqueueMessageForSend(
         {
           body: message,
           attachments,