diff --git a/distributed/shuffle/_shuffle.py b/distributed/shuffle/_shuffle.py
index 2a624dc5af0..2eebed75e1e 100644
--- a/distributed/shuffle/_shuffle.py
+++ b/distributed/shuffle/_shuffle.py
@@ -56,32 +56,48 @@
     from dask.dataframe import DataFrame
 
 
-from distributed.protocol import dask_serialize
+from distributed.protocol import dask_serialize, dask_deserialize
+import pickle
 
 class DelayedShufflePartition:
-    def __init__(self, shuffle_run: DataFrameShuffleRun | None, partition_id: int):
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        shuffle_run: DataFrameShuffleRun | None,
+        partition_id: int | None,
+        data = None,
+    ):
         self.shuffle_run = shuffle_run
         self.partition_id = partition_id
-        self._data = None
+        self._data = data
 
     @property
     def data(self):
         if self._data is None:
+            assert self.partition_id is not None
+            assert self.shuffle_run is not None
             try:
                 data = self.shuffle_run._read_from_disk((self.partition_id,))
-                self._data = convert_shards(data, self.meta)
+                self._data = convert_shards(data, self.shuffle_run.meta)
             except KeyError:
                 self._data = self.shuffle_run.meta.copy()
         return self._data
 
-    def serialize(self):
-        return dask_serialize(self.data)
+    def __reduce__(self):
+        # we return a tuple of class_name to call,
+        # and optional parameters to pass when re-creating
+        return (self.__class__, (None, None, self.data))
+
 
 @dask_serialize.register(DelayedShufflePartition)
-def serialize(obj: DelayedShufflePartition):
-    return dask_serialize(obj.data)
+def _serialize(obj: DelayedShufflePartition):
+    return None, [pickle.dumps(obj.data)]
 
-def _get_partition_data(part):
+@dask_deserialize.register(DelayedShufflePartition)
+def _deserialize(header, frames):
+    return DelayedShufflePartition(None, None, pickle.loads(frames[0]))
+
+
+def _get_partition_data(part, barrier_key):
     if isinstance(part, DelayedShufflePartition):
         return part.data
     return part
@@ -333,6 +349,7 @@ def _construct_graph(self) -> _T_LowLevelGraph:
             dsk[(name, part_out)] = (
                 _get_partition_data,
                 (name_lazy, part_out),
+                _barrier_key,
             )
         return dsk