diff --git a/src/Microsoft.OData.Core/JsonLight/ODataJsonLightDeserializer.cs b/src/Microsoft.OData.Core/JsonLight/ODataJsonLightDeserializer.cs
index 42e70829fc..1a98daae7f 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.OData.Core/JsonLight/ODataJsonLightDeserializer.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.OData.Core/JsonLight/ODataJsonLightDeserializer.cs
@@ -270,10 +270,12 @@ internal void ReadPayloadStart(
             {
                 // If the Base uri string is http://odata.org/test
                 // The MetadataDocumentUri will be http://odata.org/test/$metadata
-                // If the contextUriAnnotation value is Customers(1)/Name
+                // If the contextUriAnnotation value is Customers(1)/Name or $metadata#Customers(1)/Name
                 // The generated context uri will be http://odata.org/test/$metadata#Customers(1)/Name
                 ODataUri oDataUri = new ODataUri() { ServiceRoot = this.BaseUri };
-                contextUriAnnotationValue = oDataUri.MetadataDocumentUri.ToString() + ODataConstants.ContextUriFragmentIndicator + contextUriAnnotationValue;
+                contextUriAnnotationValue = contextUriAnnotationValue.StartsWith("$metadata#", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase)
+                    ? this.BaseUri + contextUriAnnotationValue
+                    : oDataUri.MetadataDocumentUri.ToString() + ODataConstants.ContextUriFragmentIndicator + contextUriAnnotationValue;
             }
 
             ODataJsonLightContextUriParseResult parseResult = null;
diff --git a/test/FunctionalTests/Microsoft.OData.Core.Tests/JsonLight/ODataJsonLightDeserializerTests.cs b/test/FunctionalTests/Microsoft.OData.Core.Tests/JsonLight/ODataJsonLightDeserializerTests.cs
index af281a5379..ef140e1f14 100644
--- a/test/FunctionalTests/Microsoft.OData.Core.Tests/JsonLight/ODataJsonLightDeserializerTests.cs
+++ b/test/FunctionalTests/Microsoft.OData.Core.Tests/JsonLight/ODataJsonLightDeserializerTests.cs
@@ -873,6 +873,12 @@ public void TopLevelPropertyShouldReadContextUriAsRelativeUri()
 
             Assert.NotNull(property);
             Assert.Equal("http://odata.org/test/$metadata#Customers(1)/Name", deserializer.ContextUriParseResult.ContextUri.ToString());
+
+            deserializer = new ODataJsonLightPropertyAndValueDeserializer(this.CreateJsonLightInputContext("{\"@odata.context\":\"$metadata#Customers(1)/Name\",\"value\":\"Joe\"}", model));
+            property = deserializer.ReadTopLevelProperty(primitiveTypeRef);
+
+            Assert.NotNull(property);
+            Assert.Equal("http://odata.org/test/$metadata#Customers(1)/Name", deserializer.ContextUriParseResult.ContextUri.ToString());
         }