diff --git a/src/Discord.Net.WebSocket/DiscordSocketClient.cs b/src/Discord.Net.WebSocket/DiscordSocketClient.cs
index b0215d9ef..ecd53cf65 100644
--- a/src/Discord.Net.WebSocket/DiscordSocketClient.cs
+++ b/src/Discord.Net.WebSocket/DiscordSocketClient.cs
@@ -152,7 +152,8 @@ namespace Discord.WebSocket
             LogGatewayIntentWarnings = config.LogGatewayIntentWarnings;
             HandlerTimeout = config.HandlerTimeout;
             State = new ClientState(0, 0);
-            Rest = new DiscordSocketRestClient(config, ApiClient);
+            if (shardedClient is null || parentClient is null)
+                Rest = new DiscordSocketRestClient(config, ApiClient);
             _heartbeatTimes = new ConcurrentQueue<long>();
             _gatewayIntents = config.GatewayIntents;
             _defaultStickers = ImmutableArray.Create<StickerPack<SocketSticker>>();