diff --git a/src/main/java/com/hubspot/jinjava/lib/fn/eager/EagerMacroFunction.java b/src/main/java/com/hubspot/jinjava/lib/fn/eager/EagerMacroFunction.java
index 18a649794..d761696d0 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/hubspot/jinjava/lib/fn/eager/EagerMacroFunction.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/hubspot/jinjava/lib/fn/eager/EagerMacroFunction.java
@@ -237,9 +237,13 @@ public String reconstructImage(String fullName) {
     String suffix = "";
     JinjavaInterpreter interpreter = JinjavaInterpreter.getCurrent();
 
-    Optional<String> importFile = Optional.ofNullable(
-      (String) localContextScope.get(Context.IMPORT_RESOURCE_PATH_KEY)
-    );
+    Object importPath = localContextScope.get(Context.IMPORT_RESOURCE_PATH_KEY);
+    if (importPath instanceof DeferredValue) {
+      importPath = ((DeferredValue) importPath).getOriginalValue();
+    }
+    Optional<String> importFile = importPath instanceof String
+      ? Optional.of((String) importPath)
+      : Optional.empty();
     Object currentDeferredImportResource = null;
     if (importFile.isPresent()) {
       currentDeferredImportResource =
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/hubspot/jinjava/lib/tag/ImportTag.java b/src/main/java/com/hubspot/jinjava/lib/tag/ImportTag.java
index 4ce3c9d27..49832f2c5 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/hubspot/jinjava/lib/tag/ImportTag.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/hubspot/jinjava/lib/tag/ImportTag.java
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 import com.hubspot.jinjava.interpret.DeferredValueException;
 import com.hubspot.jinjava.interpret.InterpretException;
 import com.hubspot.jinjava.interpret.JinjavaInterpreter;
+import com.hubspot.jinjava.interpret.MetaContextVariables;
 import com.hubspot.jinjava.interpret.TagCycleException;
 import com.hubspot.jinjava.interpret.TemplateError;
 import com.hubspot.jinjava.interpret.TemplateError.ErrorItem;
@@ -212,6 +213,9 @@ public static void handleDeferredNodesDuringImport(
       }
       childBindings.remove(Context.GLOBAL_MACROS_SCOPE_KEY);
       childBindings.forEach((key, value) -> {
+        if (MetaContextVariables.isMetaContextVariable(key, interpreter.getContext())) {
+          return;
+        }
         Object originalValue = value instanceof DeferredValue
           ? ((DeferredValue) value).getOriginalValue()
           : null;
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/hubspot/jinjava/lib/tag/eager/EagerImportTagTest.java b/src/test/java/com/hubspot/jinjava/lib/tag/eager/EagerImportTagTest.java
index 6e082e9e8..42fdab34f 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/hubspot/jinjava/lib/tag/eager/EagerImportTagTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/hubspot/jinjava/lib/tag/eager/EagerImportTagTest.java
@@ -247,6 +247,29 @@ public void itPreservesOriginalValueOfDeferredImportedBindings() {
       .isNull();
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void itDoesNotDeferMetaContextVariablesDuringDeferredImport() {
+    JinjavaInterpreter child = getChildInterpreter(interpreter, "");
+    Map<String, Object> childBindings = new HashMap<>();
+    childBindings.put(Context.IMPORT_RESOURCE_PATH_KEY, TEMPLATE_FILE);
+    childBindings.put("request", DeferredValue.instance("the real request"));
+
+    ImportTag.handleDeferredNodesDuringImport(
+      interpreter.parse(""),
+      "",
+      childBindings,
+      child,
+      interpreter
+    );
+
+    assertThat(interpreter.getContext().get(Context.IMPORT_RESOURCE_PATH_KEY)).isNull();
+    assertThat(interpreter.getContext().get("request")).isInstanceOf(DeferredValue.class);
+    assertThat(
+      ((DeferredValue) interpreter.getContext().get("request")).getOriginalValue()
+    )
+      .isEqualTo("the real request");
+  }
+
   @Test
   @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
   public void itHandlesMultiLayerSomeAliased() {