diff --git a/tokio/src/runtime/context.rs b/tokio/src/runtime/context.rs
index 4427c8a2efc..d9e8428a837 100644
--- a/tokio/src/runtime/context.rs
+++ b/tokio/src/runtime/context.rs
@@ -16,7 +16,15 @@ cfg_rt! {
struct Context {
/// Handle to the runtime scheduler running on the current thread.
#[cfg(feature = "rt")]
- scheduler: RefCell