diff --git a/client/client.go b/client/client.go
index 116a1a4b2..886a9914a 100644
--- a/client/client.go
+++ b/client/client.go
@@ -239,7 +239,13 @@ func (c *httpClusterClient) Do(ctx context.Context, act httpAction) (*http.Respo
 		resp, body, err = hc.Do(ctx, action)
 		if err != nil {
 			cerr.Errors = append(cerr.Errors, err)
-			if err == context.DeadlineExceeded || err == context.Canceled {
+			// mask previous errors with canceled error if the user explicitly canceled the request
+			if err == context.Canceled {
+				return nil, nil, context.Canceled
+			}
+
+			// TODO: deal with deadline error when we improve the deadline handling.
+			if err == context.DeadlineExceeded {
 				return nil, nil, cerr
 			}
 			continue
diff --git a/client/client_test.go b/client/client_test.go
index ecd6f56d0..c3e448e7f 100644
--- a/client/client_test.go
+++ b/client/client_test.go
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ func TestHTTPClusterClientDo(t *testing.T) {
 				),
 				rand: rand.New(rand.NewSource(0)),
 			},
-			wantErr: &ClusterError{Errors: []error{context.Canceled}},
+			wantErr: context.Canceled,
 		},
 
 		// return err if there are no endpoints