diff --git a/server/src/plugin/plugin-host-api.ts b/server/src/plugin/plugin-host-api.ts
index 14d271ef0..ca8caa7f5 100644
--- a/server/src/plugin/plugin-host-api.ts
+++ b/server/src/plugin/plugin-host-api.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ export class PluginHostAPI extends PluginAPIManagedListeners implements PluginAP
         'setDeviceProperty',
         'deliverPush',
         'requestRestart',
+        "setState",
     ];
 
     restartDebounced = debounce(async () => {
diff --git a/server/src/plugin/plugin-host.ts b/server/src/plugin/plugin-host.ts
index 3c879e6f9..d329541b8 100644
--- a/server/src/plugin/plugin-host.ts
+++ b/server/src/plugin/plugin-host.ts
@@ -648,6 +648,10 @@ export function startPluginClusterWorker() {
     })
 }
 
+/**
+ * Warning: do not await in any of these methods unless necessary, otherwise
+ * execution order of state reporting may fail.
+ */
 class LazyRemote implements PluginRemote {
     remote: PluginRemote;
 
@@ -658,17 +662,6 @@ class LazyRemote implements PluginRemote {
         })();
     }
 
-    async ensureRemote() {
-        try {
-            if (!this.remote)
-                await this.remoteReadyPromise;
-        }
-        catch (e) {
-            return;
-        }
-        return true;
-    }
-
     async loadZip(packageJson: any, zipData: Buffer, options?: PluginRemoteLoadZipOptions): Promise<any> {
         if (!this.remote)
             await this.remoteReadyPromise;
@@ -685,13 +678,23 @@ class LazyRemote implements PluginRemote {
         return this.remote.setNativeId(nativeId, id, storage);
     }
     async updateDeviceState(id: string, state: { [property: string]: SystemDeviceState; }): Promise<void> {
-        if (!await this.ensureRemote())
+        try {
+            if (!this.remote)
+                await this.remoteReadyPromise;
+        }
+        catch (e) {
             return;
+        }
         return this.remote.updateDeviceState(id, state);
     }
     async notify(id: string, eventTime: number, eventInterface: string, property: string, propertyState: SystemDeviceState, changed?: boolean): Promise<void> {
-        if (!await this.ensureRemote())
+        try {
+            if (!this.remote)
+                await this.remoteReadyPromise;
+        }
+        catch (e) {
             return;
+        }
         return this.remote.notify(id, eventTime, eventInterface, property, propertyState, changed);
     }
     async ioEvent(id: string, event: string, message?: any): Promise<void> {