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..af237ae0c00 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
@@ -168,6 +168,10 @@ func (a *mutatingDispatcher) Dispatch(ctx context.Context, attr admission.Attrib
 		if err != nil {
 			switch err := err.(type) {
 			case *webhookutil.ErrCallingWebhook:
+				if ctx.Err() == context.Canceled {
+					klog.Warningf("Context Canceled when calling webhook %v", hook.Name)
+					return err
+				}
 				if !ignoreClientCallFailures {
 					rejected = true
 					admissionmetrics.Metrics.ObserveWebhookRejection(ctx, hook.Name, "admit", string(versionedAttr.Attributes.GetOperation()), admissionmetrics.WebhookRejectionCallingWebhookError, int(err.Status.ErrStatus.Code))
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..af435649bd0 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
@@ -173,6 +173,10 @@ func (d *validatingDispatcher) Dispatch(ctx context.Context, attr admission.Attr
 			if err != nil {
 				switch err := err.(type) {
 				case *webhookutil.ErrCallingWebhook:
+					if ctx.Err() == context.Canceled {
+						klog.Warningf("Context Canceled when calling webhook %v", hook.Name)
+						return
+					}
 					if !ignoreClientCallFailures {
 						rejected = true
 						admissionmetrics.Metrics.ObserveWebhookRejection(ctx, hook.Name, "validating", string(versionedAttr.Attributes.GetOperation()), admissionmetrics.WebhookRejectionCallingWebhookError, int(err.Status.ErrStatus.Code))