diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/admission/plugin/webhook/mutating/dispatcher.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/admission/plugin/webhook/mutating/dispatcher.go
index c1d1ca6ff6b..ca42558916a 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/admission/plugin/webhook/mutating/dispatcher.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/admission/plugin/webhook/mutating/dispatcher.go
@@ -198,6 +198,10 @@ func (a *mutatingDispatcher) Dispatch(ctx context.Context, attr admission.Attrib
 		}
 
 		if callErr, ok := err.(*webhookutil.ErrCallingWebhook); ok {
+			if ctx.Err() == context.Canceled {
+				klog.Warningf("Context Canceled when calling webhook %v", hook.Name)
+				return err
+			}
 			if ignoreClientCallFailures {
 				klog.Warningf("Failed calling webhook, failing open %v: %v", hook.Name, callErr)
 				admissionmetrics.Metrics.ObserveWebhookFailOpen(ctx, hook.Name, "admit")
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/admission/plugin/webhook/validating/dispatcher.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/admission/plugin/webhook/validating/dispatcher.go
index 14312fadd54..2d9216d4f21 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/admission/plugin/webhook/validating/dispatcher.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/admission/plugin/webhook/validating/dispatcher.go
@@ -193,6 +193,10 @@ func (d *validatingDispatcher) Dispatch(ctx context.Context, attr admission.Attr
 			}
 
 			if callErr, ok := err.(*webhookutil.ErrCallingWebhook); ok {
+				if ctx.Err() == context.Canceled {
+					klog.Warningf("Context Canceled when calling webhook %v", hook.Name)
+					return
+				}
 				if ignoreClientCallFailures {
 					klog.Warningf("Failed calling webhook, failing open %v: %v", hook.Name, callErr)
 					admissionmetrics.Metrics.ObserveWebhookFailOpen(ctx, hook.Name, "validating")