diff --git a/src/dawn/native/Pipeline.cpp b/src/dawn/native/Pipeline.cpp
index 25a94dd..a5e56a1 100644
--- a/src/dawn/native/Pipeline.cpp
+++ b/src/dawn/native/Pipeline.cpp
@@ -377,7 +377,8 @@
     if (!scopedUsePrograms) {
         scopedUsePrograms = UseShaderPrograms();
     }
-    return InitializeImpl();
+    DAWN_TRY_CONTEXT(InitializeImpl(), "initializing %s", this);
+    return {};
 }
 
 }  // namespace dawn::native