diff --git a/crates/mempool/src/communication.rs b/crates/mempool/src/communication.rs
index d02f08b750..3817e27fad 100644
--- a/crates/mempool/src/communication.rs
+++ b/crates/mempool/src/communication.rs
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ impl MempoolCommunicationWrapper {
         &self,
         message_metadata: Option<BroadcastedMessageMetadata>,
         tx: Transaction,
-    ) -> Result<(), MempoolError> {
+    ) -> MempoolResult<()> {
         match message_metadata {
             Some(message_metadata) => self
                 .mempool_p2p_propagator_client
@@ -67,7 +67,11 @@ impl MempoolCommunicationWrapper {
     async fn add_tx(&mut self, args_wrapper: AddTransactionArgsWrapper) -> MempoolResult<()> {
         self.mempool.add_tx(args_wrapper.args.clone())?;
         // TODO: Verify that only transactions that were added to the mempool are sent.
-        self.send_tx_to_p2p(args_wrapper.p2p_message_metadata, args_wrapper.args.tx).await
+        // TODO: handle declare correctly and remove this match.
+        match args_wrapper.args.tx {
+            Transaction::Declare(_) => Ok(()),
+            _ => self.send_tx_to_p2p(args_wrapper.p2p_message_metadata, args_wrapper.args.tx).await,
+        }
     }
 
     fn commit_block(&mut self, args: CommitBlockArgs) -> MempoolResult<()> {