diff --git a/executor/slow_query.go b/executor/slow_query.go
index 7817d4b2ab51d..48c75e996fe1c 100755
--- a/executor/slow_query.go
+++ b/executor/slow_query.go
@@ -441,14 +441,25 @@ func (e *slowQueryRetriever) parseSlowLog(ctx context.Context, sctx sessionctx.C
 		if e.stats != nil {
 			e.stats.readFile += time.Since(startTime)
 		}
+		failpoint.Inject("mockReadSlowLogSlow", func(val failpoint.Value) {
+			if val.(bool) {
+				signals := ctx.Value("signals").([]chan int)
+				signals[0] <- 1
+				<-signals[1]
+			}
+		})
 		for i := range logs {
 			log := logs[i]
 			t := slowLogTask{}
 			t.resultCh = make(chan parsedSlowLog, 1)
 			start := offset
-			wg.Add(1)
 			ch <- 1
-			e.taskList <- t
+			select {
+			case <-ctx.Done():
+				return
+			case e.taskList <- t:
+			}
+			wg.Add(1)
 			go func() {
 				defer wg.Done()
 				result, err := e.parseLog(ctx, sctx, log, start)
diff --git a/executor/slow_query_test.go b/executor/slow_query_test.go
index 28861b4e67a5d..a41a6669a5d40 100644
--- a/executor/slow_query_test.go
+++ b/executor/slow_query_test.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"context"
 	"os"
+	"runtime/pprof"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
@@ -604,6 +605,55 @@ select 9;`
 	}
 }
 
+func (s *testExecSuite) TestCancelParseSlowLog(c *C) {
+	fileName := "tidb-slow-2020-02-14T19-04-05.01.log"
+	slowLog := `# Time: 2019-04-28T15:24:04.309074+08:00
+select * from t;`
+	prepareLogs(c, []string{slowLog}, []string{fileName})
+	defer func() {
+		removeFiles([]string{fileName})
+	}()
+	sctx := mock.NewContext()
+	sctx.GetSessionVars().SlowQueryFile = fileName
+
+	retriever, err := newSlowQueryRetriever()
+	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
+	var signal1, signal2 = make(chan int, 1), make(chan int, 1)
+	ctx := context.WithValue(context.Background(), "signals", []chan int{signal1, signal2})
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(ctx)
+	err = failpoint.Enable("github.com/pingcap/tidb/executor/mockReadSlowLogSlow", "return(true)")
+	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
+	defer func() {
+		c.Assert(failpoint.Disable("github.com/pingcap/tidb/executor/mockReadSlowLogSlow"), IsNil)
+	}()
+	go func() {
+		_, err := retriever.retrieve(ctx, sctx)
+		c.Assert(err, ErrorMatches, ".*context canceled.*")
+	}()
+	// Wait for parseSlowLog going to add tasks.
+	<-signal1
+	// Cancel the retriever and then dataForSlowLog exits.
+	cancel()
+	// Assume that there are already unprocessed tasks.
+	retriever.taskList <- slowLogTask{}
+	// Let parseSlowLog continue.
+	signal2 <- 1
+	// parseSlowLog should exit immediately.
+	time.Sleep(1 * time.Second)
+	c.Assert(checkGoroutineExists("parseSlowLog"), IsFalse)
+}
+
+func checkGoroutineExists(keyword string) bool {
+	buf := new(bytes.Buffer)
+	profile := pprof.Lookup("goroutine")
+	err := profile.WriteTo(buf, 1)
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	str := buf.String()
+	return strings.Contains(str, keyword)
+}
+
 func prepareLogs(c *C, logData []string, fileNames []string) {
 	writeFile := func(file string, data string) {
 		f, err := os.OpenFile(file, os.O_CREATE|os.O_WRONLY|os.O_TRUNC, 0644)