diff --git a/discord/gateway.py b/discord/gateway.py
index bf51377f7..aa2c02ee3 100644
--- a/discord/gateway.py
+++ b/discord/gateway.py
@@ -227,6 +227,7 @@ class DiscordWebSocket(websockets.client.WebSocketClientProtocol):
         # dynamically add attributes needed
         ws.token = client.http.token
         ws._connection = client._connection
+        ws._discord_parsers = client._connection.parsers
         ws._dispatch = client.dispatch
         ws.gateway = gateway
         ws.shard_id = shard_id
@@ -414,11 +415,9 @@ class DiscordWebSocket(websockets.client.WebSocketClientProtocol):
             log.info('Shard ID %s has successfully RESUMED session %s under trace %s.',
                      self.shard_id, self.session_id, ', '.join(trace))
 
-        parser = 'parse_' + event.lower()
-
         try:
-            func = getattr(self._connection, parser)
-        except AttributeError:
+            func = self._discord_parsers[event]
+        except KeyError:
             log.warning('Unknown event %s.', event)
         else:
             func(data)
diff --git a/discord/shard.py b/discord/shard.py
index a5f5f541f..331d174b3 100644
--- a/discord/shard.py
+++ b/discord/shard.py
@@ -221,6 +221,7 @@ class AutoShardedClient(Client):
 
         ws.token = self.http.token
         ws._connection = self._connection
+        ws._discord_parsers = self._connection.parsers
         ws._dispatch = self.dispatch
         ws.gateway = gateway
         ws.shard_id = shard_id
diff --git a/discord/state.py b/discord/state.py
index f04d6ee77..d56b9e755 100644
--- a/discord/state.py
+++ b/discord/state.py
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ import itertools
 import logging
 import math
 import weakref
+import inspect
 
 from .guild import Guild
 from .activity import _ActivityTag
@@ -88,6 +89,11 @@ class ConnectionState:
         self._activity = activity
         self._status = status
 
+        self.parsers = parsers = {}
+        for attr, func in inspect.getmembers(self):
+            if attr.startswith('parse_'):
+                parsers[attr[6:].upper()] = func
+
         self.clear()
 
     def clear(self):