diff --git a/baseapp/grpcrouter_test.go b/baseapp/grpcrouter_test.go
index 2e06ea7ae..778d2e4fd 100644
--- a/baseapp/grpcrouter_test.go
+++ b/baseapp/grpcrouter_test.go
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ func TestGRPCRouter(t *testing.T) {
 	testdata.RegisterTestServiceServer(qr, testdata.TestServiceImpl{})
 	helper := &QueryServiceTestHelper{
 		GRPCQueryRouter: qr,
-		ctx:             sdk.Context{},
+		ctx:             sdk.Context{}.WithContext(context.Background()),
 	}
 	client := testdata.NewTestServiceClient(helper)