diff --git a/lib/fetch/index.js b/lib/fetch/index.js
index e3834a7f1c6..cc5090c556f 100644
--- a/lib/fetch/index.js
+++ b/lib/fetch/index.js
@@ -1845,6 +1845,7 @@ async function httpNetworkFetch (
       // 4. Set bytes to the result of handling content codings given
       // codings and bytes.
       let bytes
+      let isFailure
       try {
         const { done, value } = await fetchParams.controller.next()
 
@@ -1859,6 +1860,10 @@ async function httpNetworkFetch (
           bytes = undefined
         } else {
           bytes = err
+
+          // err may be propagated from the result of calling readablestream.cancel,
+          // which might not be an error. https://github.com/nodejs/undici/issues/2009
+          isFailure = true
         }
       }
 
@@ -1878,7 +1883,7 @@ async function httpNetworkFetch (
       timingInfo.decodedBodySize += bytes?.byteLength ?? 0
 
       // 6. If bytes is failure, then terminate fetchParams’s controller.
-      if (isErrorLike(bytes)) {
+      if (isFailure) {
         fetchParams.controller.terminate(bytes)
         return
       }
diff --git a/test/fetch/issue-2009.js b/test/fetch/issue-2009.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0b7b3e9812e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fetch/issue-2009.js
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+'use strict'
+
+const { test } = require('tap')
+const { fetch } = require('../..')
+const { createServer } = require('http')
+const { once } = require('events')
+
+test('issue 2009', async (t) => {
+  const server = createServer((req, res) => {
+    res.setHeader('a', 'b')
+    res.flushHeaders()
+
+    res.socket.end()
+  }).listen(0)
+
+  t.teardown(server.close.bind(server))
+  await once(server, 'listening')
+
+  for (let i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
+    await t.resolves(
+      fetch(`http://localhost:${server.address().port}`).then(
+        async (resp) => {
+          await resp.body.cancel('Some message')
+        }
+      )
+    )
+  }
+})