diff --git a/src/modules/module-client-node/client-node.c b/src/modules/module-client-node/client-node.c
index ae7545053..29fcd9280 100644
--- a/src/modules/module-client-node/client-node.c
+++ b/src/modules/module-client-node/client-node.c
@@ -1241,24 +1241,12 @@ static void client_node_resource_pong(void *data, int seq)
 void pw_client_node_registered(struct pw_client_node *this, uint32_t node_id)
 {
 	struct impl *impl = SPA_CONTAINER_OF(this, struct impl, this);
-	struct pw_node *node = this->node;
-	struct mem *m;
 
 	pw_log_debug("client-node %p: %d", this, node_id);
 	pw_client_node_resource_transport(this->resource,
 					  node_id,
 					  impl->other_fds[0],
 					  impl->other_fds[1]);
-
-
-	m = ensure_mem(impl, node->activation->fd, SPA_DATA_MemFd, node->activation->flags);
-
-	pw_client_node_resource_set_activation(this->resource,
-					  node_id,
-					  impl->other_fds[1],
-					  m->id,
-					  0,
-					  sizeof(struct pw_node_activation));
 }
 
 static void node_initialized(void *data)
diff --git a/src/modules/module-client-node/client-stream.c b/src/modules/module-client-node/client-stream.c
index c149b35a9..2ff275816 100644
--- a/src/modules/module-client-node/client-stream.c
+++ b/src/modules/module-client-node/client-stream.c
@@ -970,6 +970,8 @@ static void client_node_initialized(void *data)
 	else
 		monitor = false;
 
+	impl->client_node->node->driver_node = impl->this.node;
+
 	impl->client_port = pw_node_find_port(impl->client_node->node, impl->direction, 0);
 	if (impl->client_port == NULL)
 		return;
diff --git a/src/modules/module-client-node/remote-node.c b/src/modules/module-client-node/remote-node.c
index 35f8def61..a86a8084b 100644
--- a/src/modules/module-client-node/remote-node.c
+++ b/src/modules/module-client-node/remote-node.c
@@ -1141,6 +1141,35 @@ static const struct pw_proxy_events proxy_events = {
 	.destroy = node_proxy_destroy,
 };
 
+static int node_ready(void *d, int status)
+{
+	struct node_data *data = d;
+	struct pw_node *node = data->node;
+	uint64_t cmd = 1;
+
+	pw_log_trace("node %p: ready driver:%d exported:%d status:%d", node,
+			node->driver, node->exported, status);
+
+	if (status == SPA_STATUS_HAVE_BUFFER)
+		spa_graph_node_process(&node->rt.root);
+
+	if (write(data->rtwritefd, &cmd, sizeof(cmd)) != sizeof(cmd))
+		pw_log_warn("node %p: write failed %m", node);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int node_reuse_buffer(void *data, uint32_t port_id, uint32_t buffer_id)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static const struct spa_node_callbacks node_callbacks = {
+	SPA_VERSION_NODE_CALLBACKS,
+	.ready = node_ready,
+	.reuse_buffer = node_reuse_buffer
+};
+
 static struct pw_proxy *node_export(struct pw_remote *remote, void *object, bool do_free)
 {
 	struct pw_node *node = object;
@@ -1179,6 +1208,7 @@ static struct pw_proxy *node_export(struct pw_remote *remote, void *object, bool
         pw_array_ensure_size(&data->links, sizeof(struct link) * 64);
 
 	pw_proxy_add_listener(proxy, &data->proxy_listener, &proxy_events, data);
+	spa_node_set_callbacks(node->node, &node_callbacks, data);
 	pw_node_add_listener(node, &data->node_listener, &node_events, data);
 
         pw_client_node_proxy_add_listener(data->node_proxy,
diff --git a/src/pipewire/node.c b/src/pipewire/node.c
index b8895f30b..ac603e229 100644
--- a/src/pipewire/node.c
+++ b/src/pipewire/node.c
@@ -900,8 +900,10 @@ static int node_ready(void *data, int status)
 	pw_log_trace("node %p: ready driver:%d exported:%d %p status:%d", node,
 			node->driver, node->exported, driver, status);
 
-	if (driver->rt.root.graph == NULL)
+	if (driver->rt.root.graph == NULL) {
+		pw_log_error("node %p: no graph", node);
 		return -EINVAL;
+	}
 
 	spa_graph_run(driver->rt.driver);