diff --git a/.changelog/3800.txt b/.changelog/3800.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f181f5fcf5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changelog/3800.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+```release-note:bug
+Fixed crash due to nil context when loading credentials
+```
diff --git a/google-beta/config.go b/google-beta/config.go
index e8f51012f9..cf5a5eaec3 100644
--- a/google-beta/config.go
+++ b/google-beta/config.go
@@ -314,6 +314,8 @@ func (c *Config) LoadAndValidate(ctx context.Context) error {
 		c.Scopes = DefaultClientScopes
 	}
 
+	c.context = ctx
+
 	tokenSource, err := c.getTokenSource(c.Scopes)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -345,7 +347,6 @@ func (c *Config) LoadAndValidate(ctx context.Context) error {
 	userAgent := fmt.Sprintf("%s %s", tfUserAgent, providerVersion)
 
 	c.client = client
-	c.context = ctx
 	c.userAgent = userAgent
 
 	// This base path and some others below need the version and possibly more of the path