diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index f724d56060..6e8be469f4 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -152,13 +152,7 @@ RedisClient.prototype.flush_and_error = function (message) {
     while (this.offline_queue.length > 0) {
         command_obj = this.offline_queue.shift();
         if (typeof command_obj.callback === "function") {
-            try {
-                command_obj.callback(error);
-            } catch (callback_err) {
-                process.nextTick(function () {
-                    throw callback_err;
-                });
-            }
+            command_obj.callback(error);
         }
     }
     this.offline_queue = new Queue();
@@ -166,13 +160,7 @@ RedisClient.prototype.flush_and_error = function (message) {
     while (this.command_queue.length > 0) {
         command_obj = this.command_queue.shift();
         if (typeof command_obj.callback === "function") {
-            try {
-                command_obj.callback(error);
-            } catch (callback_err) {
-                process.nextTick(function () {
-                    throw callback_err;
-                });
-            }
+            command_obj.callback(error);
         }
     }
     this.command_queue = new Queue();
@@ -529,38 +517,13 @@ RedisClient.prototype.return_error = function (err) {
         this.emit("drain");
         this.should_buffer = false;
     }
-
-    try {
+    if (command_obj.callback) {
         command_obj.callback(err);
-    } catch (callback_err) {
-        // if a callback throws an exception, re-throw it on a new stack so the parser can keep going
-        process.nextTick(function () {
-            throw callback_err;
-        });
+    } else {
+        this.emit('error', err);
     }
 };
 
-// if a callback throws an exception, re-throw it on a new stack so the parser can keep going.
-// if a domain is active, emit the error on the domain, which will serve the same function.
-// put this try/catch in its own function because V8 doesn't optimize this well yet.
-function try_callback(callback, reply) {
-    try {
-        callback(null, reply);
-    } catch (err) {
-        if (process.domain) {
-            var currDomain = process.domain;
-            currDomain.emit('error', err);
-            if (process.domain === currDomain) {
-                currDomain.exit();
-            }
-        } else {
-            process.nextTick(function () {
-                throw err;
-            });
-        }
-    }
-}
-
 // hgetall converts its replies to an Object.  If the reply is empty, null is returned.
 function reply_to_object(reply) {
     var obj = {}, j, jl, key, val;
@@ -638,7 +601,7 @@ RedisClient.prototype.return_reply = function (reply) {
                 reply = reply_to_object(reply);
             }
 
-            try_callback(command_obj.callback, reply);
+            command_obj.callback(null, reply);
         } else {
             debug("no callback for reply: " + (reply && reply.toString && reply.toString()));
         }
@@ -662,7 +625,7 @@ RedisClient.prototype.return_reply = function (reply) {
                 // reply[1] can be null
                 var reply1String = (reply[1] === null) ? null : reply[1].toString();
                 if (command_obj && typeof command_obj.callback === "function") {
-                    try_callback(command_obj.callback, reply1String);
+                    command_obj.callback(null, reply1String);
                 }
                 this.emit(type, reply1String, reply[2]); // channel, count
             } else {
diff --git a/test/commands/eval.spec.js b/test/commands/eval.spec.js
index abe307275b..b4a1cd0a49 100644
--- a/test/commands/eval.spec.js
+++ b/test/commands/eval.spec.js
@@ -118,6 +118,14 @@ describe("The 'eval' method", function () {
                     helper.serverVersionAtLeast.call(this, client, [2, 5, 0]);
                     client.evalsha('ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff', 0, helper.isError(done));
                 });
+
+                it('emits an error if SHA does not exist and no callback has been provided', function (done) {
+                    client.on('error', function (err) {
+                        assert.equal(err.message, 'NOSCRIPT No matching script. Please use EVAL.');
+                        done();
+                    });
+                    client.evalsha('ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff', 0);
+                });
             });
 
             it('allows a key to be incremented, and performs appropriate conversion from LUA type', function (done) {