diff --git a/nova_dpm/tests/unit/virt/dpm/test_driver.py b/nova_dpm/tests/unit/virt/dpm/test_driver.py
index a0d94d1..5c4f57f 100644
--- a/nova_dpm/tests/unit/virt/dpm/test_driver.py
+++ b/nova_dpm/tests/unit/virt/dpm/test_driver.py
@@ -243,6 +243,16 @@ class DPMDriverInstanceTestCase(TestCase):
         self.dpmdriver = driver.DPMDriver(None)
         self.dpmdriver._client = self.client
 
+    @mock.patch.object(driver.DPMDriver, '_get_partition_instance')
+    def test_spawn_context(self, mocked_get_part_inst):
+        """Make sure that context is provided to the PartitionInstance"""
+        mock_context = mock.Mock()
+        mock_inst = mock.Mock()
+        self.dpmdriver.spawn(mock_context, mock_inst, None, None, None, None,
+                             [])
+
+        mocked_get_part_inst.assert_called_once_with(mock_inst, mock_context)
+
     @mock.patch.object(vm.PartitionInstance, 'get_partition')
     @mock.patch.object(vm.PartitionInstance, 'create')
     @mock.patch.object(vm.PartitionInstance, 'properties')
diff --git a/nova_dpm/virt/dpm/driver.py b/nova_dpm/virt/dpm/driver.py
index 720e4f0..8e77971 100644
--- a/nova_dpm/virt/dpm/driver.py
+++ b/nova_dpm/virt/dpm/driver.py
@@ -70,11 +70,11 @@ class DPMDriver(driver.ComputeDriver):
 
         self.volume_drivers = self._get_volume_drivers()
 
-    def _get_partition_instance(self, instance):
+    def _get_partition_instance(self, instance, context=None):
         if instance.image_ref != '':
             raise exceptions.BootFromImageNotSupported()
         else:
-            return vm.PartitionInstance(instance, self._cpc)
+            return vm.PartitionInstance(instance, self._cpc, context)
 
     def init_host(self, host):
         """Driver initialization of the hypervisor node"""
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ class DPMDriver(driver.ComputeDriver):
               admin_password, allocations, network_info=None,
               block_device_info=None):
 
-        inst = self._get_partition_instance(instance)
+        inst = self._get_partition_instance(instance, context)
 
         # The creation of NICs is limited in DPM by the partitions
         # boot-os-specific-parameters property. It is used to pass additional
diff --git a/nova_dpm/virt/dpm/vm.py b/nova_dpm/virt/dpm/vm.py
index c0beeb7..1950072 100644
--- a/nova_dpm/virt/dpm/vm.py
+++ b/nova_dpm/virt/dpm/vm.py
@@ -119,10 +119,11 @@ def cpcsubset_partition_list(cpc):
 
 
 class PartitionInstance(object):
-    def __init__(self, instance, cpc):
+    def __init__(self, instance, cpc, context=None):
         self.instance = instance
         self.cpc = cpc
         self.partition = self.get_partition()
+        self.context = context
 
     @staticmethod
     def create_object(instance, cpc, flavor=None):