diff --git a/src/net/http/transport.go b/src/net/http/transport.go
index 5fe3e6ebb49ac2..6b59fc08122145 100644
--- a/src/net/http/transport.go
+++ b/src/net/http/transport.go
@@ -1226,6 +1226,18 @@ func (w *wantConn) tryDeliver(pc *persistConn, err error) bool {
 	return true
 }
 
+// cleanContext removes the context if the wantConn is not waiting anymore.
+// It mitigates memory leak as the wantConn can be stuck in the wantConnQueue and
+// this context can be big (it comes from the http.Request).
+func (w *wantConn) cleanContext() {
+	if !w.waiting() {
+		w.mu.Lock()
+		defer w.mu.Unlock()
+
+		w.ctx = nil
+	}
+}
+
 // cancel marks w as no longer wanting a result (for example, due to cancellation).
 // If a connection has been delivered already, cancel returns it with t.putOrCloseIdleConn.
 func (w *wantConn) cancel(t *Transport, err error) {
@@ -1341,10 +1353,12 @@ func (t *Transport) getConn(treq *transportRequest, cm connectMethod) (pc *persi
 		beforeDial: testHookPrePendingDial,
 		afterDial:  testHookPostPendingDial,
 	}
+
 	defer func() {
 		if err != nil {
 			w.cancel(t, err)
 		}
+		w.cleanContext()
 	}()
 
 	// Queue for idle connection.
@@ -1362,11 +1376,46 @@ func (t *Transport) getConn(treq *transportRequest, cm connectMethod) (pc *persi
 		return pc, nil
 	}
 
+	defer func() {
+		t.idleMu.Lock()
+		defer t.idleMu.Unlock()
+
+		if err != nil {
+			w.cancel(t, err)
+		}
+
+		q, ok := t.idleConnWait[w.key]
+		if ok {
+			q.cleanFront()
+			t.idleConnWait[w.key] = q
+			if q.len() == 0 {
+				delete(t.idleConnWait, w.key)
+			}
+		}
+	}()
+
 	cancelc := make(chan error, 1)
 	t.setReqCanceler(treq.cancelKey, func(err error) { cancelc <- err })
 
 	// Queue for permission to dial.
 	t.queueForDial(w)
+	defer func() {
+		t.connsPerHostMu.Lock()
+		defer t.connsPerHostMu.Unlock()
+
+		if err != nil {
+			w.cancel(t, err)
+		}
+
+		q, ok := t.connsPerHostWait[w.key]
+		if ok {
+			q.cleanFront()
+			t.connsPerHostWait[w.key] = q
+			if q.len() == 0 {
+				delete(t.connsPerHostWait, w.key)
+			}
+		}
+	}()
 
 	// Wait for completion or cancellation.
 	select {
diff --git a/src/net/http/transport_test.go b/src/net/http/transport_test.go
index e5d60afb1bb51f..da5c2e8882b057 100644
--- a/src/net/http/transport_test.go
+++ b/src/net/http/transport_test.go
@@ -3152,6 +3152,45 @@ func TestIdleConnChannelLeak(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestIdleConnWaitWantConnLeak(t *testing.T) {
+	// Not parallel: uses global test hooks.
+	var mu sync.Mutex
+	var n int
+
+	ts := httptest.NewServer(HandlerFunc(func(w ResponseWriter, r *Request) {
+		mu.Lock()
+		n++
+		mu.Unlock()
+		w.Write([]byte("CONTENT"))
+	}))
+	defer ts.Close()
+
+	const nReqs = 5
+
+	c := ts.Client()
+	tr := c.Transport.(*Transport)
+	tr.Dial = func(netw, addr string) (net.Conn, error) {
+		return net.Dial(netw, ts.Listener.Addr().String())
+	}
+
+	// First, without keep-alives.
+	for _, disableKeep := range []bool{true, false} {
+		tr.DisableKeepAlives = disableKeep
+
+		for i := 0; i < nReqs; i++ {
+			resp, err := c.Get(fmt.Sprintf("http://foo-host-%d.tld/", i))
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Fatal(err)
+			}
+			resp.Body.Close()
+		}
+
+		if got := tr.IdleConnWaitMapSizeForTesting(); got != 0 {
+			t.Fatalf("for DisableKeepAlives = %v, map size = %d; want 0", disableKeep, got)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 // Verify the status quo: that the Client.Post function coerces its
 // body into a ReadCloser if it's a Closer, and that the Transport
 // then closes it.