diff --git a/lib/sidekiq/client.rb b/lib/sidekiq/client.rb
index ab9dfd37..2fe87b99 100644
--- a/lib/sidekiq/client.rb
+++ b/lib/sidekiq/client.rb
@@ -67,7 +67,8 @@ module Sidekiq
     #   push('queue' => 'my_queue', 'class' => MyWorker, 'args' => ['foo', 1, :bat => 'bar'])
     #
     def push(item)
-      payload = payload_for_push(item)
+      normed = normalize_item(item)
+      payload = process_single(item["class"], normed)
 
       if payload
         raw_push([payload])
@@ -75,9 +76,19 @@ module Sidekiq
       end
     end
 
-    def payload_for_push(item)
+    def perform_inline(item)
       normed = normalize_item(item)
-      process_single(item["class"], normed)
+      payload = process_single(item["class"], normed)
+
+      msg = Sidekiq.load_json(Sidekiq.dump_json(payload))
+      klass = msg['class'].constantize
+      job = klass.new
+      job.jid = msg['jid']
+      msg['id'] ||= SecureRandom.hex(12)
+
+      Sidekiq.server_middleware.invoke(job, msg, msg['queue']) do
+        job.perform(*msg['args'])
+      end
     end
 
     ##
diff --git a/lib/sidekiq/worker.rb b/lib/sidekiq/worker.rb
index 2d1c9e6a..438eb0b8 100644
--- a/lib/sidekiq/worker.rb
+++ b/lib/sidekiq/worker.rb
@@ -194,17 +194,7 @@ module Sidekiq
       # Inline execution of job's perform method after passing through Sidekiq.client_middleware and Sidekiq.server_middleware
       def perform_inline(*args)
         item = @opts.merge('args' => args, 'class' => @klass).transform_keys(&:to_s)
-        payload = Sidekiq::Client.new.payload_for_push(item)
-
-        msg = Sidekiq.load_json(Sidekiq.dump_json(payload))
-        klass = msg['class'].constantize
-        job = klass.new
-        job.jid = msg['jid']
-        msg['id'] ||= SecureRandom.hex(12)
-
-        Sidekiq.server_middleware.invoke(job, msg, msg['queue']) do
-          job.perform(*msg['args'])
-        end
+        Sidekiq::Client.new.perform_inline(item)
       end
 
       def perform_bulk(args, batch_size: 1_000)
@@ -259,7 +249,8 @@ module Sidekiq
 
       # Inline execution of job's perform method after passing through Sidekiq.client_middleware and Sidekiq.server_middleware
       def perform_inline(*args)
-        set({}).perform_inline(*args)
+        item = {"class" => self, "args" => args }
+        Sidekiq::Client.new.perform_inline(item)
       end
 
       ##