diff --git a/watcher/common/context.py b/watcher/common/context.py
index 4984898..3da7b22 100644
--- a/watcher/common/context.py
+++ b/watcher/common/context.py
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ class RequestContext(context.RequestContext):
         # oslo_context's RequestContext.to_dict() generates this field, we can
         # safely ignore this as we don't use it.
         kwargs.pop('user_identity', None)
+        kwargs.pop('global_request_id', None)
         if kwargs:
             LOG.warning('Arguments dropped when creating context: %s',
                         str(kwargs))