diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/rest/request.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/rest/request.go
index fb572169272..fe3c066729a 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/rest/request.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/rest/request.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"context"
 	"encoding/hex"
+	stderrors "errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"mime"
@@ -671,7 +672,8 @@ func (r *Request) tryThrottleWithInfo(ctx context.Context, retryInfo string) err
 	now := time.Now()
 
 	err := r.rateLimiter.Wait(ctx)
-	if err != nil {
+	// Don't wrap context errors as caller initiated ctx cancellations is not a rate limiter error.
+	if err != nil && !stderrors.Is(err, context.Canceled) && !stderrors.Is(err, context.DeadlineExceeded) {
 		err = fmt.Errorf("client rate limiter Wait returned an error: %w", err)
 	}
 	latency := time.Since(now)
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/rest/request_test.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/rest/request_test.go
index ad106169d4e..64a6179a7b0 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/rest/request_test.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/rest/request_test.go
@@ -4275,3 +4275,16 @@ func TestRequestWarningHandler(t *testing.T) {
 		assert.Nil(t, request.warningHandler)
 	})
 }
+
+func TestTryThrottleWithInfoContextDeadline(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
+	cancel()
+
+	r := &Request{
+		rateLimiter: flowcontrol.NewTokenBucketRateLimiter(1, 1),
+		c:           &RESTClient{base: &url.URL{Path: "/"}},
+	}
+	err := r.tryThrottleWithInfo(ctx, "")
+	require.ErrorIs(t, err, context.Canceled)
+	assert.NotContains(t, err.Error(), "client rate limiter")
+}