diff --git a/jetstream/jsclient.ts b/jetstream/jsclient.ts
index b4d614a8..45c8c44d 100644
--- a/jetstream/jsclient.ts
+++ b/jetstream/jsclient.ts
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ class ViewsImpl implements Views {
       );
     }
     if (opts.bindOnly) {
-      return Bucket.bind(this.js, name);
+      return Bucket.bind(this.js, name, opts);
     }
 
     return Bucket.create(this.js, name, opts);
diff --git a/jetstream/kv.ts b/jetstream/kv.ts
index d7b62f99..158ba08b 100644
--- a/jetstream/kv.ts
+++ b/jetstream/kv.ts
@@ -207,13 +207,19 @@ export class Bucket implements KV, KvRemove {
   static async bind(
     js: JetStreamClient,
     name: string,
-    opts: Partial<{ codec: KvCodecs }> = {},
+    opts: Partial<KvOptions> = {},
   ): Promise<KV> {
     const jsm = await js.jetstreamManager();
-    const info = await jsm.streams.info(`${kvPrefix}${name}`);
-    validateBucket(info.config.name);
+    const info = {
+      config: {
+        allow_direct: opts.allow_direct,
+      },
+    } as StreamInfo;
+    validateBucket(name);
     const bucket = new Bucket(name, js, jsm);
+    info.config.name = opts.streamName ?? bucket.bucketName();
     Object.assign(bucket, info);
+    bucket.stream = info.config.name;
     bucket.codec = opts.codec || NoopKvCodecs();
     bucket.direct = info.config.allow_direct ?? false;
     bucket.initializePrefixes(info);
diff --git a/jetstream/tests/kv_test.ts b/jetstream/tests/kv_test.ts
index 2671a432..0f441d9c 100644
--- a/jetstream/tests/kv_test.ts
+++ b/jetstream/tests/kv_test.ts
@@ -191,13 +191,6 @@ Deno.test("kv - bind to existing KV", async () => {
   const status = await kv.status();
   assertEquals(status.bucket, `${n}`);
   await crud(kv);
-  await assertRejects(
-    async () => {
-      await js.views.kv("does_not_exist", { bindOnly: true });
-    },
-    NatsError,
-    "stream not found",
-  );
   await cleanup(ns, nc);
 });
 
@@ -567,8 +560,7 @@ Deno.test("kv - ttl", async () => {
   const e = await b.get("x");
   assert(e);
   assertEquals(sc.decode(e.value), "hello");
-
-  await delay(1500);
+  await delay(2000);
   assertEquals(await b.get("x"), null);
 
   await cleanup(ns, nc);
@@ -2014,3 +2006,33 @@ Deno.test("kv - purge key if revision", async () => {
   await b.purge("a", { previousSeq: seq });
   await cleanup(ns, nc);
 });
+
+Deno.test("kv - bind no info", async () => {
+  const { ns, nc } = await setup(
+    jetstreamServerConf({}, true),
+  );
+  if (await notCompatible(ns, nc, "2.6.3")) {
+    return;
+  }
+  const js = nc.jetstream();
+  await js.views.kv("A");
+
+  const d = deferred();
+  nc.subscribe("$JS.API.STREAM.INFO.>", {
+    callback: (_err, msg) => {
+      d.reject(new Error("saw stream info"));
+    },
+  });
+
+  const kv = await js.views.kv("A", { bindOnly: true, allow_direct: true });
+  await kv.put("a", "hello");
+  const e = await kv.get("a");
+  assertEquals(e?.string(), "hello");
+  await kv.delete("a");
+
+  d.resolve();
+  // shouldn't have rejected earlier
+  await d;
+
+  await cleanup(ns, nc);
+});