diff --git a/x/nexus/keeper/wasmer_engine.go b/x/nexus/keeper/wasmer_engine.go
index 981aa0ced..562b1cb86 100644
--- a/x/nexus/keeper/wasmer_engine.go
+++ b/x/nexus/keeper/wasmer_engine.go
@@ -22,6 +22,12 @@ func NewWasmerEngine(inner wasmtypes.WasmerEngine, msgIDGenerator types.MsgIDGen
 }
 
 func getCtx(querier wasmvm.Querier) sdk.Context {
+	// wasmd passes a reference to the querier only for the Migrate method
+	// https://github.com/CosmWasm/wasmd/blob/21ec15a5c025bc0fa8c634691dc839ab77b9a7d2/x/wasm/keeper/keeper.go#L433
+	if querier, ok := querier.(*wasmkeeper.QueryHandler); ok {
+		return querier.Ctx
+	}
+
 	return querier.(wasmkeeper.QueryHandler).Ctx
 }