diff --git a/crates/wick/wick-component-wasm/src/wasm_host.rs b/crates/wick/wick-component-wasm/src/wasm_host.rs
index c9077fd8..a5998e1a 100644
--- a/crates/wick/wick-component-wasm/src/wasm_host.rs
+++ b/crates/wick/wick-component-wasm/src/wasm_host.rs
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ impl WasmHost {
   }
 
   #[allow(clippy::needless_pass_by_value)]
-  pub fn call(&self, invocation: Invocation, config: Option<RuntimeConfig>) -> Result<PacketStream> {
+  pub fn call(&self, mut invocation: Invocation, config: Option<RuntimeConfig>) -> Result<PacketStream> {
     let _span = self.span.enter();
     let component_name = invocation.target.operation_id();
     let inherent = invocation.inherent;
diff --git a/crates/wick/wick-packet/src/packet_stream.rs b/crates/wick/wick-packet/src/packet_stream.rs
index eaffb61a..edc631b0 100644
--- a/crates/wick/wick-packet/src/packet_stream.rs
+++ b/crates/wick/wick-packet/src/packet_stream.rs
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ pin_project! {
   pub struct PacketStream {
     #[pin]
     inner: std::sync::Arc<parking_lot::Mutex<dyn Stream<Item = Result<Packet>> + Send + Unpin>>,
-    config: std::sync::Arc<parking_lot::Mutex<Option<ContextConfig>>>,
+    config: Option<ContextConfig>,
     span: Span
   }
 }
@@ -79,8 +79,8 @@ impl PacketStream {
     self.span = span;
   }
 
-  pub fn set_context(&self, context: RuntimeConfig, inherent: InherentData) {
-    self.config.lock().replace((context, inherent));
+  pub fn set_context(&mut self, context: RuntimeConfig, inherent: InherentData) {
+    self.config.replace((context, inherent));
   }
 
   pub fn new_channels() -> (PacketSender, Self) {
@@ -103,9 +103,12 @@ impl Stream for PacketStream {
   type Item = Result<Packet>;
 
   fn poll_next(self: Pin<&mut Self>, cx: &mut std::task::Context<'_>) -> Poll<Option<Self::Item>> {
-    let config = self.config.lock().take();
+    let mut this = self;
+    #[allow(unsafe_code)] // this is the implementation of futures::pin_mut!()
+    let mut this = unsafe { Pin::new_unchecked(&mut this) };
+    let config = this.config.take();
     let poll = {
-      let mut stream = self.inner.lock();
+      let mut stream = this.inner.lock();
       Pin::new(&mut *stream).poll_next(cx)
     };
 
@@ -119,14 +122,14 @@ impl Stream for PacketStream {
           );
           tracing::trace!("attached context to packet on port '{}'", packet.port());
           if cfg!(debug_assertions) {
-            self.span.in_scope(|| {
+            this.span.in_scope(|| {
               if span_enabled!(tracing::Level::TRACE) {
                 let debug_packet = packet
                   .clone()
                   .decode_value()
                   .map_or_else(|_| format!("{:?}", packet.payload()), |j| j.to_string());
                 let until = std::cmp::min(debug_packet.len(), 2048);
-                self.span.in_scope(|| {
+                this.span.in_scope(|| {
                   tracing::trace!(flags=packet.flags(), port=packet.port(), packet=%&debug_packet[..until], "packet");
                 });
               }
@@ -135,21 +138,21 @@ impl Stream for PacketStream {
           Poll::Ready(Some(Ok(packet)))
         }
         x => {
-          self.config.lock().replace(config);
+          this.config.replace(config);
           x
         }
       }
     } else {
       if let Poll::Ready(Some(Ok(packet))) = &poll {
         if cfg!(debug_assertions) {
-          self.span.in_scope(|| {
+          this.span.in_scope(|| {
             if span_enabled!(tracing::Level::TRACE) {
               let debug_packet = packet
                 .clone()
                 .decode_value()
                 .map_or_else(|_| format!("{:?}", packet.payload()), |j| j.to_string());
               let until = std::cmp::min(debug_packet.len(), 2048);
-              self.span.in_scope(|| {
+              this.span.in_scope(|| {
                 tracing::trace!(flags=packet.flags(), port=packet.port(), packet=%&debug_packet[..until], "packet");
               });
             }