diff --git a/src/providers/vmware/amd64.rs b/src/providers/vmware/amd64.rs
index c293c9ce..cf548964 100644
--- a/src/providers/vmware/amd64.rs
+++ b/src/providers/vmware/amd64.rs
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ impl VmwareProvider {
     fn fetch_guestinfo(erpc: &mut vmw_backdoor::EnhancedChan, key: &str) -> Result<Option<String>> {
         let guestinfo = erpc
             .get_guestinfo(key.as_bytes())
-            .context(format!("failed to retrieve guestinfo for {}", key))?
+            .with_context(|| format!("failed to retrieve guestinfo for {}", key))?
             .map(|bytes| String::from_utf8_lossy(&bytes).into_owned());
         Ok(guestinfo)
     }