diff --git a/cpp/src/utilities/stream_pool.cpp b/cpp/src/utilities/stream_pool.cpp
index 97a61b66594..aaefed78d57 100644
--- a/cpp/src/utilities/stream_pool.cpp
+++ b/cpp/src/utilities/stream_pool.cpp
@@ -125,40 +125,39 @@ rmm::cuda_device_id get_current_cuda_device()
   return rmm::cuda_device_id{device_id};
 }
 
-class primary_context_checker {
+class cuda_context_checker {
  public:
-  void initialize()
+  static bool is_primary_context_active()
   {
-    int device_id{};
-    cudaGetDevice(&device_id);                // TODO: Handle runtime API error code
-    cuDeviceGet(&device_handle_, device_id);  // TODO: Handle driver API error code
-  }
+    // TODO: Handle driver API error code
+    CUcontext current_ctx{};
+    CUdevice device_handle{};
+
+    cuCtxGetCurrent(&current_ctx);
+    if (current_ctx == nullptr) {
+      device_handle = 0;
+    } else {
+      cuCtxGetDevice(&device_handle);
+    }
 
-  bool is_primary_context_active()
-  {
+    // Whether the current context, if it exists, is a primary or user-created context,
+    // here we use the primary context to determine if cudaDeviceReset() has been called.
     int active_state{};
-    // TODO: Handle driver API error code
     cuDevicePrimaryCtxGetState(
-      device_handle_, nullptr /* do not query context flags */, &active_state);
+      device_handle, nullptr /* do not query context flags */, &active_state);
+
     return static_cast<bool>(active_state);
   }
-
- private:
-  CUdevice device_handle_{};
 };
 
 /**
  * @brief RAII struct to wrap a cuda event and ensure its proper destruction.
  */
 struct cuda_event {
-  cuda_event()
-  {
-    CUDF_CUDA_TRY(cudaEventCreateWithFlags(&e_, cudaEventDisableTiming));
-    ctx_checker_.initialize();
-  }
+  cuda_event() { CUDF_CUDA_TRY(cudaEventCreateWithFlags(&e_, cudaEventDisableTiming)); }
   virtual ~cuda_event()
   {
-    if (ctx_checker_.is_primary_context_active()) {
+    if (cuda_context_checker::is_primary_context_active()) {
       CUDF_ASSERT_CUDA_SUCCESS(cudaEventDestroy(e_));
     }
   }
@@ -167,7 +166,6 @@ struct cuda_event {
 
  private:
   cudaEvent_t e_;
-  primary_context_checker ctx_checker_;
 };
 
 /**