diff --git a/src/envoy/utils/grpc_transport.cc b/src/envoy/utils/grpc_transport.cc
index 37eebbc0427..17f4591875d 100644
--- a/src/envoy/utils/grpc_transport.cc
+++ b/src/envoy/utils/grpc_transport.cc
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ void GrpcTransport<RequestType, ResponseType>::onFailure(
 template <class RequestType, class ResponseType>
 void GrpcTransport<RequestType, ResponseType>::Cancel() {
   ENVOY_LOG(debug, "Cancel gRPC request {}", descriptor().name());
+  request_->cancel();
   delete this;
 }