diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/httpstream/spdy/roundtripper.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/httpstream/spdy/roundtripper.go
index 67139abb631..ea0481799b7 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/httpstream/spdy/roundtripper.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/httpstream/spdy/roundtripper.go
@@ -18,13 +18,11 @@ package spdy
 
 import (
 	"bufio"
-	"bytes"
 	"context"
 	"crypto/tls"
 	"encoding/base64"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
-	"io"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"net"
 	"net/http"
@@ -275,29 +273,20 @@ func (s *SpdyRoundTripper) tlsConn(ctx context.Context, rwc net.Conn, targetHost
 // dialWithoutProxy dials the host specified by url, using TLS if appropriate.
 func (s *SpdyRoundTripper) dialWithoutProxy(ctx context.Context, url *url.URL) (net.Conn, error) {
 	dialAddr := netutil.CanonicalAddr(url)
+	dialer := s.Dialer
+	if dialer == nil {
+		dialer = &net.Dialer{}
+	}
 
 	if url.Scheme == "http" {
-		if s.Dialer == nil {
-			var d net.Dialer
-			return d.DialContext(ctx, "tcp", dialAddr)
-		} else {
-			return s.Dialer.DialContext(ctx, "tcp", dialAddr)
-		}
+		return dialer.DialContext(ctx, "tcp", dialAddr)
 	}
 
-	// TODO validate the TLSClientConfig is set up?
-	var conn *tls.Conn
-	var err error
-	if s.Dialer == nil {
-		conn, err = tls.Dial("tcp", dialAddr, s.tlsConfig)
-	} else {
-		conn, err = tls.DialWithDialer(s.Dialer, "tcp", dialAddr, s.tlsConfig)
+	tlsDialer := tls.Dialer{
+		NetDialer: dialer,
+		Config:    s.tlsConfig,
 	}
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	return conn, nil
+	return tlsDialer.DialContext(ctx, "tcp", dialAddr)
 }
 
 // proxyAuth returns, for a given proxy URL, the value to be used for the Proxy-Authorization header
@@ -314,35 +303,20 @@ func (s *SpdyRoundTripper) proxyAuth(proxyURL *url.URL) string {
 // clients may call SpdyRoundTripper.Connection() to retrieve the upgraded
 // connection.
 func (s *SpdyRoundTripper) RoundTrip(req *http.Request) (*http.Response, error) {
-	header := utilnet.CloneHeader(req.Header)
-	header.Add(httpstream.HeaderConnection, httpstream.HeaderUpgrade)
-	header.Add(httpstream.HeaderUpgrade, HeaderSpdy31)
+	req = utilnet.CloneRequest(req)
+	req.Header.Add(httpstream.HeaderConnection, httpstream.HeaderUpgrade)
+	req.Header.Add(httpstream.HeaderUpgrade, HeaderSpdy31)
 
-	var (
-		conn        net.Conn
-		rawResponse []byte
-		err         error
-	)
-
-	clone := utilnet.CloneRequest(req)
-	clone.Header = header
-	conn, err = s.Dial(clone)
+	conn, err := s.Dial(req)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	responseReader := bufio.NewReader(
-		io.MultiReader(
-			bytes.NewBuffer(rawResponse),
-			conn,
-		),
-	)
+	responseReader := bufio.NewReader(conn)
 
 	resp, err := http.ReadResponse(responseReader, nil)
 	if err != nil {
-		if conn != nil {
-			conn.Close()
-		}
+		conn.Close()
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/httpstream/spdy/roundtripper_test.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/httpstream/spdy/roundtripper_test.go
index a437e080ec8..ab660c57e96 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/httpstream/spdy/roundtripper_test.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/httpstream/spdy/roundtripper_test.go
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/armon/go-socks5"
 	"github.com/elazarl/goproxy"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/httpstream"
 )
@@ -682,6 +684,21 @@ func TestRoundTripSocks5AndNewConnection(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestRoundTripPassesContextToDialer(t *testing.T) {
+	urls := []string{"http://127.0.0.1:1233/", "https://127.0.0.1:1233/"}
+	for _, u := range urls {
+		t.Run(u, func(t *testing.T) {
+			ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
+			cancel()
+			req, err := http.NewRequestWithContext(ctx, "GET", u, nil)
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+			spdyTransport := NewRoundTripper(&tls.Config{})
+			_, err = spdyTransport.Dial(req)
+			assert.EqualError(t, err, "dial tcp 127.0.0.1:1233: operation was canceled")
+		})
+	}
+}
+
 // exampleCert was generated from crypto/tls/generate_cert.go with the following command:
 //    go run generate_cert.go  --rsa-bits 2048 --host example.com --ca --start-date "Jan 1 00:00:00 1970" --duration=1000000h
 var exampleCert = []byte(`-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----