diff --git a/src/coreclr/vm/threadsuspend.cpp b/src/coreclr/vm/threadsuspend.cpp
index b65cd74270b23e..3c6f46b4932bbe 100644
--- a/src/coreclr/vm/threadsuspend.cpp
+++ b/src/coreclr/vm/threadsuspend.cpp
@@ -2509,6 +2509,7 @@ void RedirectedThreadFrame::ExceptionUnwind()
 #ifndef TARGET_UNIX
 
 #ifdef TARGET_X86
+
 //****************************************************************************************
 // This will check who caused the exception.  If it was caused by the the redirect function,
 // the reason is to resume the thread back at the point it was redirected in the first
@@ -2577,7 +2578,15 @@ int RedirectedHandledJITCaseExceptionFilter(
     pFrame->Pop();
 
     // Copy the saved context record into the EH context;
-    ReplaceExceptionContextRecord(pExcepPtrs->ContextRecord, pCtx);
+    // NB: cannot use ReplaceExceptionContextRecord here.
+    //     these contexts may contain extended registers and may have different format
+    //     for reasons such as alignment or context compaction
+    CONTEXT* pTarget = pExcepPtrs->ContextRecord;
+    if (!CopyContext(pTarget, pTarget->ContextFlags, pCtx))
+    {
+        STRESS_LOG1(LF_SYNC, LL_ERROR, "ERROR: Could not set context record, lastError = 0x%x\n", GetLastError());
+        EEPOLICY_HANDLE_FATAL_ERROR(COR_E_EXECUTIONENGINE);
+    }
 
     DWORD espValue = pCtx->Esp;