diff --git a/lib/commands/context/exports.ts b/lib/commands/context/exports.ts
index ad50bac7..9043009f 100644
--- a/lib/commands/context/exports.ts
+++ b/lib/commands/context/exports.ts
@@ -66,11 +66,15 @@ export async function setContext(this: AndroidDriver, name?: string | null): Pro
     return;
   }
 
-  const webviewsMapping = await getWebViewsMapping.bind(this)(this.opts);
-  const contexts = this.assignContexts(webviewsMapping);
-  // if the context we want doesn't exist, fail
-  if (!contexts?.includes(newContext)) {
-    throw new errors.NoSuchContextError();
+  let webviewsMapping: WebviewsMapping[] = [];
+  // the native context always exists, so do not wait for the webview scan to switch to it
+  if (newContext !== NATIVE_WIN) {
+    webviewsMapping = await getWebViewsMapping.bind(this)(this.opts);
+    const contexts = this.assignContexts(webviewsMapping);
+    // if the context we want doesn't exist, fail
+    if (!contexts?.includes(newContext)) {
+      throw new errors.NoSuchContextError();
+    }
   }
 
   await this.switchContext(newContext, webviewsMapping);
diff --git a/test/unit/commands/context.spec.ts b/test/unit/commands/context.spec.ts
index af3faa6a..676a221a 100644
--- a/test/unit/commands/context.spec.ts
+++ b/test/unit/commands/context.spec.ts
@@ -150,6 +150,15 @@ describe('Context', function () {
       await mockContextExports(t, {});
       await assert.rejects(driver.setContext('fake'), errors.NoSuchContextError);
     });
+    it('should switch to native context without scanning webviews', async function (t) {
+      const getWebViewsMappingStub = sandbox.stub();
+      await mockContextExports(t, {getWebViewsMapping: getWebViewsMappingStub});
+      driver.curContext = 'WV';
+      await driver.setContext(NATIVE_WIN);
+      assert.strictEqual(getWebViewsMappingStub.notCalled, true);
+      assert.strictEqual((driver.switchContext as sinon.SinonStub).calledWithExactly(NATIVE_WIN, []), true);
+      assert.strictEqual(driver.curContext, NATIVE_WIN);
+    });
     it('should not switch to context if already in it', async function (t) {
       await mockContextExports(t, {});
       driver.curContext = 'ANOTHER';