getRouteDefinition throws NullPointerException in CamelSpringTestSupport before context is started

Camel 2.14.0

I am extending CamelSpringTestSupport with:

@Override
public boolean isUseAdviceWith() {
return true;

In a @Before method I call context.getRouteDefintion("some.id")

It throws an exception:

org.apache.camel.impl.DefaultCamelContext.getRouteDefinition(DefaultCamelContext.java:1464)

If I put context.start() at the top of the method, it works.

However, I don't want timers etc. to fire until all of the @Before
methods have executed, which I think is why isUseAdviceWith exists.

Thanks,
~cg