diff --git a/openpype/hosts/tvpaint/plugins/load/load_reference_image.py b/openpype/hosts/tvpaint/plugins/load/load_reference_image.py
index 5e4e3965d2..af1a4a9b6b 100644
--- a/openpype/hosts/tvpaint/plugins/load/load_reference_image.py
+++ b/openpype/hosts/tvpaint/plugins/load/load_reference_image.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import collections
 import qargparse
-from avalon.pipeline import get_representation_context
+from openpype.pipeline import get_representation_context
 from openpype.hosts.tvpaint.api import lib, pipeline, plugin
 
 
diff --git a/openpype/pipeline/__init__.py b/openpype/pipeline/__init__.py
index 8460d20ef1..883713b078 100644
--- a/openpype/pipeline/__init__.py
+++ b/openpype/pipeline/__init__.py
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ from .load import (
 
     loaders_from_representation,
     get_representation_path,
+    get_representation_context,
     get_repres_contexts,
 )
 
@@ -113,6 +114,7 @@ __all__ = (
 
     "loaders_from_representation",
     "get_representation_path",
+    "get_representation_context",
     "get_repres_contexts",
 
     # --- Publish ---