diff --git a/drivers/tee/optee/core.c b/drivers/tee/optee/core.c
index 5eaef45799e6..344f48c90918 100644
--- a/drivers/tee/optee/core.c
+++ b/drivers/tee/optee/core.c
@@ -552,6 +552,7 @@ static struct optee *optee_probe(struct device_node *np)
 	struct optee *optee = NULL;
 	void *memremaped_shm = NULL;
 	struct tee_device *teedev;
+	struct tee_context *ctx;
 	u32 sec_caps;
 	int rc;
 
@@ -631,6 +632,12 @@ static struct optee *optee_probe(struct device_node *np)
 	optee_supp_init(&optee->supp);
 	optee->memremaped_shm = memremaped_shm;
 	optee->pool = pool;
+	ctx = teedev_open(optee->teedev);
+	if (IS_ERR(ctx)) {
+		rc = PTR_ERR(ctx);
+		goto err;
+	}
+	optee->ctx = ctx;
 
 	/*
 	 * Ensure that there are no pre-existing shm objects before enabling
@@ -667,6 +674,7 @@ err:
 
 static void optee_remove(struct optee *optee)
 {
+	teedev_close_context(optee->ctx);
 	/*
 	 * Ask OP-TEE to free all cached shared memory objects to decrease
 	 * reference counters and also avoid wild pointers in secure world
diff --git a/drivers/tee/optee/optee_private.h b/drivers/tee/optee/optee_private.h
index 54c3fa01d002..0250cfde6312 100644
--- a/drivers/tee/optee/optee_private.h
+++ b/drivers/tee/optee/optee_private.h
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ struct optee_supp {
  * struct optee - main service struct
  * @supp_teedev:	supplicant device
  * @teedev:		client device
+ * @ctx:		driver internal TEE context
  * @invoke_fn:		function to issue smc or hvc
  * @call_queue:		queue of threads waiting to call @invoke_fn
  * @wait_queue:		queue of threads from secure world waiting for a
@@ -83,6 +84,7 @@ struct optee {
 	struct tee_device *supp_teedev;
 	struct tee_device *teedev;
 	optee_invoke_fn *invoke_fn;
+	struct tee_context *ctx;
 	struct optee_call_queue call_queue;
 	struct optee_wait_queue wait_queue;
 	struct optee_supp supp;
diff --git a/drivers/tee/optee/rpc.c b/drivers/tee/optee/rpc.c
index aecf62016e7b..be45ee620299 100644
--- a/drivers/tee/optee/rpc.c
+++ b/drivers/tee/optee/rpc.c
@@ -191,6 +191,7 @@ static struct tee_shm *cmd_alloc_suppl(struct tee_context *ctx, size_t sz)
 }
 
 static void handle_rpc_func_cmd_shm_alloc(struct tee_context *ctx,
+					  struct optee *optee,
 					  struct optee_msg_arg *arg,
 					  struct optee_call_ctx *call_ctx)
 {
@@ -220,7 +221,8 @@ static void handle_rpc_func_cmd_shm_alloc(struct tee_context *ctx,
 		shm = cmd_alloc_suppl(ctx, sz);
 		break;
 	case OPTEE_MSG_RPC_SHM_TYPE_KERNEL:
-		shm = tee_shm_alloc(ctx, sz, TEE_SHM_MAPPED | TEE_SHM_PRIV);
+		shm = tee_shm_alloc(optee->ctx, sz,
+				    TEE_SHM_MAPPED | TEE_SHM_PRIV);
 		break;
 	default:
 		arg->ret = TEEC_ERROR_BAD_PARAMETERS;
@@ -377,7 +379,7 @@ static void handle_rpc_func_cmd(struct tee_context *ctx, struct optee *optee,
 		break;
 	case OPTEE_MSG_RPC_CMD_SHM_ALLOC:
 		free_pages_list(call_ctx);
-		handle_rpc_func_cmd_shm_alloc(ctx, arg, call_ctx);
+		handle_rpc_func_cmd_shm_alloc(ctx, optee, arg, call_ctx);
 		break;
 	case OPTEE_MSG_RPC_CMD_SHM_FREE:
 		handle_rpc_func_cmd_shm_free(ctx, arg);
@@ -405,7 +407,7 @@ void optee_handle_rpc(struct tee_context *ctx, struct optee_rpc_param *param,
 
 	switch (OPTEE_SMC_RETURN_GET_RPC_FUNC(param->a0)) {
 	case OPTEE_SMC_RPC_FUNC_ALLOC:
-		shm = tee_shm_alloc(ctx, param->a1,
+		shm = tee_shm_alloc(optee->ctx, param->a1,
 				    TEE_SHM_MAPPED | TEE_SHM_PRIV);
 		if (!IS_ERR(shm) && !tee_shm_get_pa(shm, 0, &pa)) {
 			reg_pair_from_64(&param->a1, &param->a2, pa);