diff --git a/retry/CHANGELOG.md b/retry/CHANGELOG.md
index 2e3cf7fd..2c60c6af 100644
--- a/retry/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/retry/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 ## To be Released
 
+* fix(retry): do not call the method if the context is already done
+
 ## v1.4.1
 
 * chore(deps): bump multiple dependencies
diff --git a/retry/retry.go b/retry/retry.go
index 77b02f11..96e49b21 100644
--- a/retry/retry.go
+++ b/retry/retry.go
@@ -166,6 +166,14 @@ func (r Retryer) Do(ctx context.Context, method Retryable) error {
 
 	var err error
 	for attempt := 0; attempt < r.maxAttempts; attempt++ {
+		if ctx.Err() != nil {
+			return RetryError{
+				Scope:   ContextScope,
+				Err:     ctx.Err(),
+				LastErr: err,
+			}
+		}
+
 		err = method(ctx)
 		if err == nil {
 			return nil
diff --git a/retry/retry_test.go b/retry/retry_test.go
index 3fda4e2d..6065f947 100644
--- a/retry/retry_test.go
+++ b/retry/retry_test.go
@@ -130,6 +130,28 @@ func TestRetrier(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	})
 
+	t.Run("When the context is already canceled, it should not call the method", func(t *testing.T) {
+		synctest.Test(t, func(t *testing.T) {
+			retrier := New(WithWaitDuration(1 * time.Millisecond))
+			tries := 0
+			ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(t.Context())
+			cancel()
+
+			err := retrier.Do(ctx, func(ctx context.Context) error {
+				tries++
+				return nil
+			})
+			synctest.Wait()
+
+			var retryError RetryError
+			require.ErrorAs(t, err, &retryError)
+			assert.Equal(t, ContextScope, retryError.Scope)
+			require.ErrorIs(t, retryError.Err, context.Canceled)
+			require.NoError(t, retryError.LastErr)
+			assert.Equal(t, 0, tries)
+		})
+	})
+
 	t.Run("With timeout should ignore sleep", func(t *testing.T) {
 		synctest.Test(t, func(t *testing.T) {
 			retrier := New(WithWaitDuration(1 * time.Second))