diff --git a/client/hijack.go b/client/hijack.go
index 2337a9539b..3fc17dc071 100644
--- a/client/hijack.go
+++ b/client/hijack.go
@@ -21,11 +21,11 @@ func (cli *Client) postHijacked(ctx context.Context, path string, query url.Valu
 	if err != nil {
 		return types.HijackedResponse{}, err
 	}
-	req, err := cli.buildRequest(http.MethodPost, cli.getAPIPath(ctx, path, query), bodyEncoded, headers)
+	req, err := cli.buildRequest(ctx, http.MethodPost, cli.getAPIPath(ctx, path, query), bodyEncoded, headers)
 	if err != nil {
 		return types.HijackedResponse{}, err
 	}
-	conn, mediaType, err := cli.setupHijackConn(ctx, req, "tcp")
+	conn, mediaType, err := cli.setupHijackConn(req, "tcp")
 	if err != nil {
 		return types.HijackedResponse{}, err
 	}
@@ -35,17 +35,18 @@ func (cli *Client) postHijacked(ctx context.Context, path string, query url.Valu
 
 // DialHijack returns a hijacked connection with negotiated protocol proto.
 func (cli *Client) DialHijack(ctx context.Context, url, proto string, meta map[string][]string) (net.Conn, error) {
-	req, err := http.NewRequest(http.MethodPost, url, nil)
+	req, err := http.NewRequestWithContext(ctx, http.MethodPost, url, nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	req = cli.addHeaders(req, meta)
 
-	conn, _, err := cli.setupHijackConn(ctx, req, proto)
+	conn, _, err := cli.setupHijackConn(req, proto)
 	return conn, err
 }
 
-func (cli *Client) setupHijackConn(ctx context.Context, req *http.Request, proto string) (net.Conn, string, error) {
+func (cli *Client) setupHijackConn(req *http.Request, proto string) (net.Conn, string, error) {
+	ctx := req.Context()
 	req.Header.Set("Connection", "Upgrade")
 	req.Header.Set("Upgrade", proto)
 
diff --git a/client/ping.go b/client/ping.go
index 7539e54fef..dfd1042fab 100644
--- a/client/ping.go
+++ b/client/ping.go
@@ -21,11 +21,11 @@ func (cli *Client) Ping(ctx context.Context) (types.Ping, error) {
 	// Using cli.buildRequest() + cli.doRequest() instead of cli.sendRequest()
 	// because ping requests are used during API version negotiation, so we want
 	// to hit the non-versioned /_ping endpoint, not /v1.xx/_ping
-	req, err := cli.buildRequest(http.MethodHead, path.Join(cli.basePath, "/_ping"), nil, nil)
+	req, err := cli.buildRequest(ctx, http.MethodHead, path.Join(cli.basePath, "/_ping"), nil, nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		return ping, err
 	}
-	serverResp, err := cli.doRequest(ctx, req)
+	serverResp, err := cli.doRequest(req)
 	if err == nil {
 		defer ensureReaderClosed(serverResp)
 		switch serverResp.statusCode {
diff --git a/client/request.go b/client/request.go
index a8c9437c5e..efe07bb9ea 100644
--- a/client/request.go
+++ b/client/request.go
@@ -96,8 +96,8 @@ func encodeBody(obj interface{}, headers http.Header) (io.Reader, http.Header, e
 	return body, headers, nil
 }
 
-func (cli *Client) buildRequest(method, path string, body io.Reader, headers http.Header) (*http.Request, error) {
-	req, err := http.NewRequest(method, path, body)
+func (cli *Client) buildRequest(ctx context.Context, method, path string, body io.Reader, headers http.Header) (*http.Request, error) {
+	req, err := http.NewRequestWithContext(ctx, method, path, body)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -117,12 +117,12 @@ func (cli *Client) buildRequest(method, path string, body io.Reader, headers htt
 }
 
 func (cli *Client) sendRequest(ctx context.Context, method, path string, query url.Values, body io.Reader, headers http.Header) (serverResponse, error) {
-	req, err := cli.buildRequest(method, cli.getAPIPath(ctx, path, query), body, headers)
+	req, err := cli.buildRequest(ctx, method, cli.getAPIPath(ctx, path, query), body, headers)
 	if err != nil {
 		return serverResponse{}, err
 	}
 
-	resp, err := cli.doRequest(ctx, req)
+	resp, err := cli.doRequest(req)
 	switch {
 	case errors.Is(err, context.Canceled):
 		return serverResponse{}, errdefs.Cancelled(err)
@@ -134,10 +134,9 @@ func (cli *Client) sendRequest(ctx context.Context, method, path string, query u
 	return resp, errdefs.FromStatusCode(err, resp.statusCode)
 }
 
-func (cli *Client) doRequest(ctx context.Context, req *http.Request) (serverResponse, error) {
+func (cli *Client) doRequest(req *http.Request) (serverResponse, error) {
 	serverResp := serverResponse{statusCode: -1, reqURL: req.URL}
 
-	req = req.WithContext(ctx)
 	resp, err := cli.client.Do(req)
 	if err != nil {
 		if cli.scheme != "https" && strings.Contains(err.Error(), "malformed HTTP response") {