diff --git a/lib/recurly.js b/lib/recurly.js
index 99fef9d1c..d29add849 100644
--- a/lib/recurly.js
+++ b/lib/recurly.js
@@ -307,6 +307,10 @@ export class Recurly extends Emitter {
       return Object.assign({}, data, { [by]: piece });
     });
 
+    if (chunks.length === 0) {
+      return Promise.denodeify(this.request.bind(this))(method, route, data);
+    }
+
     return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
       const part = (err, res) => {
         // if we have any errors that are not 404, reject