diff --git a/direct/src/distributed/ClientRepository.py b/direct/src/distributed/ClientRepository.py
index 0952dc411b..b30dc1ed9f 100644
--- a/direct/src/distributed/ClientRepository.py
+++ b/direct/src/distributed/ClientRepository.py
@@ -50,6 +50,9 @@ class ClientRepository(ClientRepositoryBase):
 
         self.ourChannel = self.doIdBase
 
+        self.createReady()
+
+    def createReady(self):
         # Now that we've got a doId range, we can safely generate new
         # distributed objects.
         messenger.send('createReady')