diff --git a/src/net/http/clientserver_test.go b/src/net/http/clientserver_test.go
index 465bae14785..d61d77839d3 100644
--- a/src/net/http/clientserver_test.go
+++ b/src/net/http/clientserver_test.go
@@ -560,7 +560,7 @@ func testCancelRequestMidBody(t *testing.T, h2 bool) {
 	if all != "Hello" {
 		t.Errorf("Read %q (%q + %q); want Hello", all, firstRead, rest)
 	}
-	if !reflect.DeepEqual(err, ExportErrRequestCanceled) {
+	if err != ExportErrRequestCanceled {
 		t.Errorf("ReadAll error = %v; want %v", err, ExportErrRequestCanceled)
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/net/http/transport.go b/src/net/http/transport.go
index a8c5efe6aaf..bb9657f4eef 100644
--- a/src/net/http/transport.go
+++ b/src/net/http/transport.go
@@ -2073,7 +2073,10 @@ func (e *httpError) Timeout() bool   { return e.timeout }
 func (e *httpError) Temporary() bool { return true }
 
 var errTimeout error = &httpError{err: "net/http: timeout awaiting response headers", timeout: true}
-var errRequestCanceled = errors.New("net/http: request canceled")
+
+// errRequestCanceled is set to be identical to the one from h2 to facilitate
+// testing.
+var errRequestCanceled = http2errRequestCanceled
 var errRequestCanceledConn = errors.New("net/http: request canceled while waiting for connection") // TODO: unify?
 
 func nop() {}