diff --git a/drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_host.c b/drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_host.c
index 833e2bd248a5..8ff8d649d9b3 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_host.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_host.c
@@ -160,10 +160,16 @@ static int vmci_host_close(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
 static __poll_t vmci_host_poll(struct file *filp, poll_table *wait)
 {
 	struct vmci_host_dev *vmci_host_dev = filp->private_data;
-	struct vmci_ctx *context = vmci_host_dev->context;
+	struct vmci_ctx *context;
 	__poll_t mask = 0;
 
 	if (vmci_host_dev->ct_type == VMCIOBJ_CONTEXT) {
+		/*
+		 * Read context only if ct_type == VMCIOBJ_CONTEXT to make
+		 * sure that context is initialized
+		 */
+		context = vmci_host_dev->context;
+
 		/* Check for VMCI calls to this VM context. */
 		if (wait)
 			poll_wait(filp, &context->host_context.wait_queue,