diff --git a/pgconn/pgconn.go b/pgconn/pgconn.go
index dc81680ff..b6116d36a 100644
--- a/pgconn/pgconn.go
+++ b/pgconn/pgconn.go
@@ -944,11 +944,17 @@ func (pgConn *PgConn) CancelRequest(ctx context.Context) error {
 	binary.BigEndian.PutUint32(buf[4:8], 80877102)
 	binary.BigEndian.PutUint32(buf[8:12], uint32(pgConn.pid))
 	binary.BigEndian.PutUint32(buf[12:16], uint32(pgConn.secretKey))
-	// Postgres will process the request and close the connection
-	// so when don't need to read the reply
-	// https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/protocol-flow.html#id-1.10.6.7.10
 	_, err = cancelConn.Write(buf)
-	return err
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	_, err = cancelConn.Read(buf)
+	if err != io.EOF {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return nil
 }
 
 // WaitForNotification waits for a LISTON/NOTIFY message to be received. It returns an error if a notification was not