diff --git a/pkg/cloudmeta/metadata.go b/pkg/cloudmeta/metadata.go
index 15aee9a17..7a2e7c37b 100644
--- a/pkg/cloudmeta/metadata.go
+++ b/pkg/cloudmeta/metadata.go
@@ -87,23 +87,31 @@ func (cloud *CloudMeta) GetInstanceMetadata(ctx context.Context) (InstanceMetada
 		go func(provider CloudMetadataProvider) {
 			meta, err := cloud.runWithTimeout(ctx, provider)
 
-			select {
-			case <-ctx.Done():
+			if ctx.Err() != nil {
 				return
-			case results <- msg{meta: meta, err: err}:
 			}
+
+			results <- msg{meta: meta, err: err}
 		}(provider)
 	}
 
 	// Return the first non error result or wait until all providers return err.
 	var mErr error
 	for range len(cloud.providers) {
-		res := <-results
-		if res.err != nil {
-			mErr = multierr.Append(mErr, res.err)
-			continue
+		select {
+		case <-ctx.Done():
+			return InstanceMetadata{}, ctx.Err()
+		case res := <-results:
+			// Additional context check just in case messages in results and in ctx.Done channels were available at the same time.
+			if err := ctx.Err(); err != nil {
+				return InstanceMetadata{}, err
+			}
+			if res.err != nil {
+				mErr = multierr.Append(mErr, res.err)
+				continue
+			}
+			return res.meta, nil
 		}
-		return res.meta, nil
 	}
 	return InstanceMetadata{}, mErr
 }
diff --git a/pkg/cloudmeta/metadata_test.go b/pkg/cloudmeta/metadata_test.go
index a2d5b782d..fe9fb7dde 100644
--- a/pkg/cloudmeta/metadata_test.go
+++ b/pkg/cloudmeta/metadata_test.go
@@ -77,7 +77,8 @@ func TestGetInstanceMetadata(t *testing.T) {
 	for _, tc := range testCases {
 		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
 			cloudmeta := &CloudMeta{
-				providers: tc.providers,
+				providers:       tc.providers,
+				providerTimeout: 1 * time.Second,
 			}
 
 			meta, err := cloudmeta.GetInstanceMetadata(context.Background())
@@ -101,6 +102,31 @@ func TestGetInstanceMetadata(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestGetInstanceMetadataWithCancelledContext(t *testing.T) {
+	cloudmeta := &CloudMeta{
+		providers: []CloudMetadataProvider{
+			newTestProvider(t, "test_provider_1", "x-test-1", 1*time.Second, nil),
+		},
+		providerTimeout: 100 * time.Millisecond,
+	}
+
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
+	_ = time.AfterFunc(50*time.Millisecond, cancel)
+
+	meta, err := cloudmeta.GetInstanceMetadata(ctx)
+	if !errors.Is(err, context.Canceled) {
+		t.Fatalf("expected context.Canceled, got %v", err)
+	}
+
+	if meta.CloudProvider != "" {
+		t.Fatalf("meta.CloudProvider should be empty, got %s", meta.CloudProvider)
+	}
+
+	if meta.InstanceType != "" {
+		t.Fatalf("meta.InstanceType should be empty, got %s", meta.InstanceType)
+	}
+}
+
 func newTestProvider(t *testing.T, providerName, instanceType string, latency time.Duration, err error) *testProvider {
 	t.Helper()
 
@@ -120,7 +146,11 @@ type testProvider struct {
 }
 
 func (tp testProvider) Metadata(ctx context.Context) (InstanceMetadata, error) {
-	time.Sleep(tp.latency)
+	select {
+	case <-time.After(tp.latency):
+	case <-ctx.Done():
+		return InstanceMetadata{}, ctx.Err()
+	}
 
 	if tp.err != nil {
 		return InstanceMetadata{}, tp.err
@@ -128,5 +158,5 @@ func (tp testProvider) Metadata(ctx context.Context) (InstanceMetadata, error) {
 	return InstanceMetadata{
 		CloudProvider: tp.name,
 		InstanceType:  tp.instanceType,
-	}, nil
+	}, ctx.Err()
 }