diff --git a/cmd/restic/cmd_diff.go b/cmd/restic/cmd_diff.go
index 6488a7c35..b15882b09 100644
--- a/cmd/restic/cmd_diff.go
+++ b/cmd/restic/cmd_diff.go
@@ -177,6 +177,10 @@ func (c *Comparer) printDir(ctx context.Context, mode string, stats *DiffStat, b
 	}
 
 	for _, node := range tree.Nodes {
+		if ctx.Err() != nil {
+			return ctx.Err()
+		}
+
 		name := path.Join(prefix, node.Name)
 		if node.Type == "dir" {
 			name += "/"
@@ -204,6 +208,10 @@ func (c *Comparer) collectDir(ctx context.Context, blobs restic.BlobSet, id rest
 	}
 
 	for _, node := range tree.Nodes {
+		if ctx.Err() != nil {
+			return ctx.Err()
+		}
+
 		addBlobs(blobs, node)
 
 		if node.Type == "dir" {
@@ -255,6 +263,10 @@ func (c *Comparer) diffTree(ctx context.Context, stats *DiffStatsContainer, pref
 	tree1Nodes, tree2Nodes, names := uniqueNodeNames(tree1, tree2)
 
 	for _, name := range names {
+		if ctx.Err() != nil {
+			return ctx.Err()
+		}
+
 		node1, t1 := tree1Nodes[name]
 		node2, t2 := tree2Nodes[name]
 
diff --git a/cmd/restic/cmd_dump.go b/cmd/restic/cmd_dump.go
index 7e1efa3ae..9c0fe535e 100644
--- a/cmd/restic/cmd_dump.go
+++ b/cmd/restic/cmd_dump.go
@@ -85,6 +85,10 @@ func printFromTree(ctx context.Context, tree *restic.Tree, repo restic.BlobLoade
 	item := filepath.Join(prefix, pathComponents[0])
 	l := len(pathComponents)
 	for _, node := range tree.Nodes {
+		if ctx.Err() != nil {
+			return ctx.Err()
+		}
+
 		// If dumping something in the highest level it will just take the
 		// first item it finds and dump that according to the switch case below.
 		if node.Name == pathComponents[0] {
diff --git a/cmd/restic/cmd_find.go b/cmd/restic/cmd_find.go
index 4f9549ca4..aebca594e 100644
--- a/cmd/restic/cmd_find.go
+++ b/cmd/restic/cmd_find.go
@@ -377,6 +377,10 @@ func (f *Finder) findIDs(ctx context.Context, sn *restic.Snapshot) error {
 
 		if node.Type == "file" && f.blobIDs != nil {
 			for _, id := range node.Content {
+				if ctx.Err() != nil {
+					return ctx.Err()
+				}
+
 				idStr := id.String()
 				if _, ok := f.blobIDs[idStr]; !ok {
 					// Look for short ID form
diff --git a/cmd/restic/cmd_forget.go b/cmd/restic/cmd_forget.go
index 87738b518..27b8f4f74 100644
--- a/cmd/restic/cmd_forget.go
+++ b/cmd/restic/cmd_forget.go
@@ -246,6 +246,10 @@ func runForget(ctx context.Context, opts ForgetOptions, pruneOptions PruneOption
 		printer.P("Applying Policy: %v\n", policy)
 
 		for k, snapshotGroup := range snapshotGroups {
+			if ctx.Err() != nil {
+				return ctx.Err()
+			}
+
 			if gopts.Verbose >= 1 && !gopts.JSON {
 				err = PrintSnapshotGroupHeader(globalOptions.stdout, k)
 				if err != nil {
diff --git a/cmd/restic/cmd_recover.go b/cmd/restic/cmd_recover.go
index 5e4744bb6..4e8b8c077 100644
--- a/cmd/restic/cmd_recover.go
+++ b/cmd/restic/cmd_recover.go
@@ -118,6 +118,10 @@ func runRecover(ctx context.Context, gopts GlobalOptions) error {
 		return nil
 	}
 
+	if ctx.Err() != nil {
+		return ctx.Err()
+	}
+
 	tree := restic.NewTree(len(roots))
 	for id := range roots {
 		var subtreeID = id
diff --git a/cmd/restic/cmd_snapshots.go b/cmd/restic/cmd_snapshots.go
index 9112e1b95..826ab55ec 100644
--- a/cmd/restic/cmd_snapshots.go
+++ b/cmd/restic/cmd_snapshots.go
@@ -81,6 +81,10 @@ func runSnapshots(ctx context.Context, opts SnapshotOptions, gopts GlobalOptions
 	}
 
 	for k, list := range snapshotGroups {
+		if ctx.Err() != nil {
+			return ctx.Err()
+		}
+
 		if opts.Last {
 			// This branch should be removed in the same time
 			// that --last.
@@ -101,6 +105,10 @@ func runSnapshots(ctx context.Context, opts SnapshotOptions, gopts GlobalOptions
 	}
 
 	for k, list := range snapshotGroups {
+		if ctx.Err() != nil {
+			return ctx.Err()
+		}
+
 		if grouped {
 			err := PrintSnapshotGroupHeader(globalOptions.stdout, k)
 			if err != nil {
diff --git a/internal/backend/sftp/sftp.go b/internal/backend/sftp/sftp.go
index 70fc30a62..efbd0c8d5 100644
--- a/internal/backend/sftp/sftp.go
+++ b/internal/backend/sftp/sftp.go
@@ -578,6 +578,10 @@ func (r *SFTP) deleteRecursive(ctx context.Context, name string) error {
 	}
 
 	for _, fi := range entries {
+		if ctx.Err() != nil {
+			return ctx.Err()
+		}
+
 		itemName := r.Join(name, fi.Name())
 		if fi.IsDir() {
 			err := r.deleteRecursive(ctx, itemName)
diff --git a/internal/fuse/dir.go b/internal/fuse/dir.go
index 763a9640c..fd030295b 100644
--- a/internal/fuse/dir.go
+++ b/internal/fuse/dir.go
@@ -107,6 +107,10 @@ func (d *dir) open(ctx context.Context) error {
 	}
 	items := make(map[string]*restic.Node)
 	for _, n := range tree.Nodes {
+		if ctx.Err() != nil {
+			return ctx.Err()
+		}
+
 		nodes, err := replaceSpecialNodes(ctx, d.root.repo, n)
 		if err != nil {
 			debug.Log("  replaceSpecialNodes(%v) failed: %v", n, err)
@@ -171,6 +175,10 @@ func (d *dir) ReadDirAll(ctx context.Context) ([]fuse.Dirent, error) {
 	})
 
 	for _, node := range d.items {
+		if ctx.Err() != nil {
+			return nil, ctx.Err()
+		}
+
 		name := cleanupNodeName(node.Name)
 		var typ fuse.DirentType
 		switch node.Type {
diff --git a/internal/fuse/file.go b/internal/fuse/file.go
index e2e0cf9a0..494fca283 100644
--- a/internal/fuse/file.go
+++ b/internal/fuse/file.go
@@ -66,12 +66,16 @@ func (f *file) Attr(_ context.Context, a *fuse.Attr) error {
 
 }
 
-func (f *file) Open(_ context.Context, _ *fuse.OpenRequest, _ *fuse.OpenResponse) (fs.Handle, error) {
+func (f *file) Open(ctx context.Context, _ *fuse.OpenRequest, _ *fuse.OpenResponse) (fs.Handle, error) {
 	debug.Log("open file %v with %d blobs", f.node.Name, len(f.node.Content))
 
 	var bytes uint64
 	cumsize := make([]uint64, 1+len(f.node.Content))
 	for i, id := range f.node.Content {
+		if ctx.Err() != nil {
+			return nil, ctx.Err()
+		}
+
 		size, found := f.root.repo.LookupBlobSize(restic.DataBlob, id)
 		if !found {
 			return nil, errors.Errorf("id %v not found in repository", id)
diff --git a/internal/fuse/snapshots_dir.go b/internal/fuse/snapshots_dir.go
index 7369ea17a..4cae7106c 100644
--- a/internal/fuse/snapshots_dir.go
+++ b/internal/fuse/snapshots_dir.go
@@ -78,6 +78,10 @@ func (d *SnapshotsDir) ReadDirAll(ctx context.Context) ([]fuse.Dirent, error) {
 	}
 
 	for name, entry := range meta.names {
+		if ctx.Err() != nil {
+			return nil, ctx.Err()
+		}
+
 		d := fuse.Dirent{
 			Inode: inodeFromName(d.inode, name),
 			Name:  name,
diff --git a/internal/repository/check.go b/internal/repository/check.go
index 27eb11d71..1eeea58dc 100644
--- a/internal/repository/check.go
+++ b/internal/repository/check.go
@@ -95,6 +95,10 @@ func checkPackInner(ctx context.Context, r *Repository, id restic.ID, blobs []re
 
 		it := newPackBlobIterator(id, newBufReader(bufRd), 0, blobs, r.Key(), dec)
 		for {
+			if ctx.Err() != nil {
+				return ctx.Err()
+			}
+
 			val, err := it.Next()
 			if err == errPackEOF {
 				break
diff --git a/internal/repository/repository.go b/internal/repository/repository.go
index 838858c38..f7fd65c71 100644
--- a/internal/repository/repository.go
+++ b/internal/repository/repository.go
@@ -1000,6 +1000,10 @@ func streamPackPart(ctx context.Context, beLoad backendLoadFn, loadBlobFn loadBl
 	it := newPackBlobIterator(packID, newByteReader(data), dataStart, blobs, key, dec)
 
 	for {
+		if ctx.Err() != nil {
+			return ctx.Err()
+		}
+
 		val, err := it.Next()
 		if err == errPackEOF {
 			break
diff --git a/internal/restic/snapshot_find.go b/internal/restic/snapshot_find.go
index 6d1ab9a7a..6eb51b237 100644
--- a/internal/restic/snapshot_find.go
+++ b/internal/restic/snapshot_find.go
@@ -134,6 +134,10 @@ func (f *SnapshotFilter) FindAll(ctx context.Context, be Lister, loader LoaderUn
 		ids := NewIDSet()
 		// Process all snapshot IDs given as arguments.
 		for _, s := range snapshotIDs {
+			if ctx.Err() != nil {
+				return ctx.Err()
+			}
+
 			var sn *Snapshot
 			if s == "latest" {
 				if usedFilter {
diff --git a/internal/restorer/filerestorer.go b/internal/restorer/filerestorer.go
index e517e6284..31234b960 100644
--- a/internal/restorer/filerestorer.go
+++ b/internal/restorer/filerestorer.go
@@ -122,6 +122,10 @@ func (r *fileRestorer) restoreFiles(ctx context.Context) error {
 
 	// create packInfo from fileInfo
 	for _, file := range r.files {
+		if ctx.Err() != nil {
+			return ctx.Err()
+		}
+
 		fileBlobs := file.blobs.(restic.IDs)
 		largeFile := len(fileBlobs) > largeFileBlobCount
 		var packsMap map[restic.ID][]fileBlobInfo
diff --git a/internal/restorer/restorer.go b/internal/restorer/restorer.go
index cd3fd076d..00da4e18e 100644
--- a/internal/restorer/restorer.go
+++ b/internal/restorer/restorer.go
@@ -450,7 +450,7 @@ func (res *Restorer) RestoreTo(ctx context.Context, dst string) error {
 		},
 		leaveDir: func(node *restic.Node, target, location string, expectedFilenames []string) error {
 			if res.opts.Delete {
-				if err := res.removeUnexpectedFiles(target, location, expectedFilenames); err != nil {
+				if err := res.removeUnexpectedFiles(ctx, target, location, expectedFilenames); err != nil {
 					return err
 				}
 			}
@@ -469,7 +469,7 @@ func (res *Restorer) RestoreTo(ctx context.Context, dst string) error {
 	return err
 }
 
-func (res *Restorer) removeUnexpectedFiles(target, location string, expectedFilenames []string) error {
+func (res *Restorer) removeUnexpectedFiles(ctx context.Context, target, location string, expectedFilenames []string) error {
 	if !res.opts.Delete {
 		panic("internal error")
 	}
@@ -487,6 +487,10 @@ func (res *Restorer) removeUnexpectedFiles(target, location string, expectedFile
 	}
 
 	for _, entry := range entries {
+		if ctx.Err() != nil {
+			return ctx.Err()
+		}
+
 		if _, ok := keep[toComparableFilename(entry)]; ok {
 			continue
 		}
diff --git a/internal/walker/rewriter.go b/internal/walker/rewriter.go
index 6c27b26ac..7e984ae25 100644
--- a/internal/walker/rewriter.go
+++ b/internal/walker/rewriter.go
@@ -116,6 +116,10 @@ func (t *TreeRewriter) RewriteTree(ctx context.Context, repo BlobLoadSaver, node
 
 	tb := restic.NewTreeJSONBuilder()
 	for _, node := range curTree.Nodes {
+		if ctx.Err() != nil {
+			return restic.ID{}, ctx.Err()
+		}
+
 		path := path.Join(nodepath, node.Name)
 		node = t.opts.RewriteNode(node, path)
 		if node == nil {
diff --git a/internal/walker/walker.go b/internal/walker/walker.go
index 091b05489..788ece1cf 100644
--- a/internal/walker/walker.go
+++ b/internal/walker/walker.go
@@ -57,6 +57,10 @@ func walk(ctx context.Context, repo restic.BlobLoader, prefix string, parentTree
 	})
 
 	for _, node := range tree.Nodes {
+		if ctx.Err() != nil {
+			return ctx.Err()
+		}
+
 		p := path.Join(prefix, node.Name)
 
 		if node.Type == "" {