diff --git a/packages/react-reconciler/src/ReactFiberBeginWork.js b/packages/react-reconciler/src/ReactFiberBeginWork.js
index 57a86e6984d8..e5d87e5c3d22 100644
--- a/packages/react-reconciler/src/ReactFiberBeginWork.js
+++ b/packages/react-reconciler/src/ReactFiberBeginWork.js
@@ -116,7 +116,11 @@ import shallowEqual from 'shared/shallowEqual';
 import getComponentNameFromFiber from 'react-reconciler/src/getComponentNameFromFiber';
 import getComponentNameFromType from 'shared/getComponentNameFromType';
 import ReactStrictModeWarnings from './ReactStrictModeWarnings';
-import {REACT_LAZY_TYPE, getIteratorFn} from 'shared/ReactSymbols';
+import {
+  REACT_LAZY_TYPE,
+  REACT_PROVIDER_TYPE,
+  getIteratorFn,
+} from 'shared/ReactSymbols';
 import {
   getCurrentFiberOwnerNameInDevOrNull,
   setIsRendering,
@@ -1831,12 +1835,13 @@ function mountLazyComponent(
   }
   let hint = '';
   if (__DEV__) {
-    if (
-      Component !== null &&
-      typeof Component === 'object' &&
-      Component.$$typeof === REACT_LAZY_TYPE
-    ) {
-      hint = ' Did you wrap a component in React.lazy() more than once?';
+    if (Component !== null && typeof Component === 'object') {
+      if (Component.$$typeof === REACT_LAZY_TYPE) {
+        hint = ' Did you wrap a component in React.lazy() more than once?';
+      } else if (Component.type.$$typeof === REACT_PROVIDER_TYPE) {
+        hint =
+          ' Context Providers cannot be lazily rendered without being wrapped in a component.';
+      }
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/react-reconciler/src/__tests__/ReactLazy-test.internal.js b/packages/react-reconciler/src/__tests__/ReactLazy-test.internal.js
index a96c60bc26e8..a79b2316f093 100644
--- a/packages/react-reconciler/src/__tests__/ReactLazy-test.internal.js
+++ b/packages/react-reconciler/src/__tests__/ReactLazy-test.internal.js
@@ -783,6 +783,37 @@ describe('ReactLazy', () => {
     );
   });
 
+  it('throws with a useful error when rendering a context Provider', async () => {
+    const ctx = React.createContext(null);
+    const Provider = <ctx.Provider value={{}} />;
+    const BadLazy = lazy(() => fakeImport(Provider));
+
+    const root = ReactTestRenderer.create(
+      <Suspense fallback={<Text text="Loading..." />}>
+        <BadLazy />
+      </Suspense>,
+      {
+        unstable_isConcurrent: true,
+      },
+    );
+
+    await waitForAll(['Loading...']);
+
+    await resolveFakeImport(Provider);
+    root.update(
+      <Suspense fallback={<Text text="Loading..." />}>
+        <BadLazy />
+      </Suspense>,
+    );
+    await waitForThrow(
+      'Element type is invalid. Received a promise that resolves to: [object Object]. ' +
+        'Lazy element type must resolve to a class or function.' +
+        (__DEV__
+          ? ' Context Providers cannot be lazily rendered without being wrapped in a component.'
+          : ''),
+    );
+  });
+
   it('warns about defining propTypes on the outer wrapper', () => {
     const LazyText = lazy(() => fakeImport(Text));
     expect(() => {