diff --git a/deps/cares/src/ares_gethostbyaddr.c b/deps/cares/src/ares_gethostbyaddr.c
index 9258919a385699..a0a90f6bb1712b 100644
--- a/deps/cares/src/ares_gethostbyaddr.c
+++ b/deps/cares/src/ares_gethostbyaddr.c
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ static void addr_callback(void *arg, int status, int timeouts,
         }
       end_aquery(aquery, status, host);
     }
-  else if (status == ARES_EDESTRUCTION)
+  else if (status == ARES_EDESTRUCTION || status == ARES_ECANCELLED)
     end_aquery(aquery, status, NULL);
   else
     next_lookup(aquery);