diff --git a/src/library_sockfs.js b/src/library_sockfs.js
index 2ca4fd10ba23d..4d22a81bcc820 100644
--- a/src/library_sockfs.js
+++ b/src/library_sockfs.js
@@ -619,16 +619,13 @@ addToLibrary({
           buffer = buffer.buffer;
         }
 
-        var data;
-#if PTHREADS
-        // WebSockets .send() does not allow passing a SharedArrayBuffer, so clone the portion of the SharedArrayBuffer as a regular
-        // ArrayBuffer that we want to send.
-        if (buffer instanceof SharedArrayBuffer) {
-          data = new Uint8Array(new Uint8Array(buffer.slice(offset, offset + length))).buffer;
-        } else {
-#endif
-          data = buffer.slice(offset, offset + length);
+        var data = buffer.slice(offset, offset + length);
 #if PTHREADS
+        // WebSockets .send() does not allow passing a SharedArrayBuffer, so
+        // clone the the SharedArrayBuffer as regular ArrayBuffer before
+        // sending.
+        if (data instanceof SharedArrayBuffer) {
+          data = new Uint8Array(new Uint8Array(data)).buffer;
         }
 #endif
 
diff --git a/test/test_sockets.py b/test/test_sockets.py
index 8efb0f1df360a..cce737ad12de5 100644
--- a/test/test_sockets.py
+++ b/test/test_sockets.py
@@ -285,6 +285,7 @@ def test_enet(self):
     'native': [WebsockifyServerHarness, 59160, ['-DTEST_DGRAM=0']],
     'tcp': [CompiledServerHarness, 59162, ['-DTEST_DGRAM=0']],
     'udp': [CompiledServerHarness, 59164, ['-DTEST_DGRAM=1']],
+    'pthread': [CompiledServerHarness, 59165, ['-pthread', '-sPROXY_TO_PTHREAD']],
   })
   def test_nodejs_sockets_echo(self, harness_class, port, args):
     if harness_class == WebsockifyServerHarness and common.EMTEST_LACKS_NATIVE_CLANG: