diff --git a/src/common/serialization/vst3/host-context-proxy.h b/src/common/serialization/vst3/host-context-proxy.h
index e2afe641..0aab8530 100644
--- a/src/common/serialization/vst3/host-context-proxy.h
+++ b/src/common/serialization/vst3/host-context-proxy.h
@@ -97,6 +97,15 @@ class Vst3HostContextProxy : public YaHostApplication {
         return arguments.owner_instance_id;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Used to shortcut calls to
+     * `IHostApplication::createInstance(IMessage::iid, IMessage::iid, &obj)`
+     * when two objects (a processor and a controller instance, for example) are
+     * directly connected. This way we don't have to proxy the message created
+     * by the host, which can save a lot of resoruces.
+     */
+    std::atomic_bool are_objects_directly_connected = false;
+
    private:
     ConstructArgs arguments;
 };
diff --git a/src/wine-host/bridges/vst3.cpp b/src/wine-host/bridges/vst3.cpp
index 756f948e..ae60b580 100644
--- a/src/wine-host/bridges/vst3.cpp
+++ b/src/wine-host/bridges/vst3.cpp
@@ -170,9 +170,19 @@ void Vst3Bridge::run() {
             },
             [&](const YaConnectionPoint::Connect& request)
                 -> YaConnectionPoint::Connect::Response {
-                // We can directly connect the underlying objects
+                // We can directly connect the underlying objects. We'll mark
+                // that we're using a direct connection on our host context
+                // proxy so that when the plugin wants to create an `IMessage`
+                // object, we can keep everything local and we Don't have to go
+                // through the host.
                 // TODO: Add support for connecting objects through a proxy
                 //       object provided by the host
+                if (object_instances[request.instance_id].host_context_proxy) {
+                    object_instances[request.instance_id]
+                        .host_context_proxy->are_objects_directly_connected =
+                        true;
+                }
+
                 return object_instances[request.instance_id]
                     .connection_point->connect(
                         object_instances[request.other_instance_id]