diff --git a/cpp/CMakeLists.txt b/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
index 1040fcb7b91..27cb4d96814 100644
--- a/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -796,7 +796,7 @@ add_dependencies(cudf jitify_preprocess_run)
 # Specify the target module library dependencies
 target_link_libraries(
   cudf
-  PUBLIC CCCL::CCCL rmm::rmm $<BUILD_LOCAL_INTERFACE:BS::thread_pool>
+  PUBLIC CCCL::CCCL rmm::rmm $<BUILD_LOCAL_INTERFACE:BS::thread_pool> CUDA::cuda_driver
   PRIVATE $<BUILD_LOCAL_INTERFACE:nvtx3::nvtx3-cpp> cuco::cuco ZLIB::ZLIB nvcomp::nvcomp
           kvikio::kvikio $<TARGET_NAME_IF_EXISTS:cuFile_interface> nanoarrow
 )
diff --git a/cpp/src/utilities/stream_pool.cpp b/cpp/src/utilities/stream_pool.cpp
index 9d3a7ce5a4e..97a61b66594 100644
--- a/cpp/src/utilities/stream_pool.cpp
+++ b/cpp/src/utilities/stream_pool.cpp
@@ -125,17 +125,49 @@ rmm::cuda_device_id get_current_cuda_device()
   return rmm::cuda_device_id{device_id};
 }
 
+class primary_context_checker {
+ public:
+  void initialize()
+  {
+    int device_id{};
+    cudaGetDevice(&device_id);                // TODO: Handle runtime API error code
+    cuDeviceGet(&device_handle_, device_id);  // TODO: Handle driver API error code
+  }
+
+  bool is_primary_context_active()
+  {
+    int active_state{};
+    // TODO: Handle driver API error code
+    cuDevicePrimaryCtxGetState(
+      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)); }
-  virtual ~cuda_event() { CUDF_ASSERT_CUDA_SUCCESS(cudaEventDestroy(e_)); }
+  cuda_event()
+  {
+    CUDF_CUDA_TRY(cudaEventCreateWithFlags(&e_, cudaEventDisableTiming));
+    ctx_checker_.initialize();
+  }
+  virtual ~cuda_event()
+  {
+    if (ctx_checker_.is_primary_context_active()) {
+      CUDF_ASSERT_CUDA_SUCCESS(cudaEventDestroy(e_));
+    }
+  }
 
   operator cudaEvent_t() { return e_; }
 
  private:
   cudaEvent_t e_;
+  primary_context_checker ctx_checker_;
 };
 
 /**