diff --git a/fs/accounting/accounting.go b/fs/accounting/accounting.go
index 2686f2ebf..eeef4715a 100644
--- a/fs/accounting/accounting.go
+++ b/fs/accounting/accounting.go
@@ -216,6 +216,10 @@ func (acc *Account) averageLoop() {
 // Check the read before it has happened is valid returning the number
 // of bytes remaining to read.
 func (acc *Account) checkReadBefore() (bytesUntilLimit int64, err error) {
+	// Check to see if context is cancelled
+	if err = acc.ctx.Err(); err != nil {
+		return 0, err
+	}
 	acc.values.mu.Lock()
 	if acc.values.max >= 0 {
 		bytesUntilLimit = acc.values.max - acc.stats.GetBytes()
@@ -235,7 +239,7 @@ func (acc *Account) checkReadBefore() (bytesUntilLimit int64, err error) {
 }
 
 // Check the read call after the read has happened
-func checkReadAfter(bytesUntilLimit int64, n int, err error) (outN int, outErr error) {
+func (acc *Account) checkReadAfter(bytesUntilLimit int64, n int, err error) (outN int, outErr error) {
 	bytesUntilLimit -= int64(n)
 	if bytesUntilLimit < 0 {
 		// chop the overage off
@@ -304,7 +308,7 @@ func (acc *Account) read(in io.Reader, p []byte) (n int, err error) {
 	if err == nil {
 		n, err = in.Read(p)
 		acc.accountRead(n)
-		n, err = checkReadAfter(bytesUntilLimit, n, err)
+		n, err = acc.checkReadAfter(bytesUntilLimit, n, err)
 	}
 	return n, err
 }
@@ -333,7 +337,7 @@ func (awt *accountWriteTo) Write(p []byte) (n int, err error) {
 	bytesUntilLimit, err := awt.acc.checkReadBefore()
 	if err == nil {
 		n, err = awt.w.Write(p)
-		n, err = checkReadAfter(bytesUntilLimit, n, err)
+		n, err = awt.acc.checkReadAfter(bytesUntilLimit, n, err)
 		awt.acc.accountRead(n)
 	}
 	return n, err
@@ -361,7 +365,7 @@ func (acc *Account) AccountRead(n int) (err error) {
 	defer acc.mu.Unlock()
 	bytesUntilLimit, err := acc.checkReadBefore()
 	if err == nil {
-		n, err = checkReadAfter(bytesUntilLimit, n, err)
+		n, err = acc.checkReadAfter(bytesUntilLimit, n, err)
 		acc.accountRead(n)
 	}
 	return err
diff --git a/fs/accounting/accounting_test.go b/fs/accounting/accounting_test.go
index 8161522f2..67b7e1d49 100644
--- a/fs/accounting/accounting_test.go
+++ b/fs/accounting/accounting_test.go
@@ -312,6 +312,25 @@ func TestAccountMaxTransferWriteTo(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, ErrorMaxTransferLimitReachedFatal, err)
 }
 
+func TestAccountReadCtx(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
+	in := ioutil.NopCloser(bytes.NewBuffer(make([]byte, 100)))
+	stats := NewStats()
+	acc := newAccountSizeName(ctx, stats, in, 1, "test")
+
+	var b = make([]byte, 10)
+
+	n, err := acc.Read(b)
+	assert.Equal(t, 10, n)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+	cancel()
+
+	n, err = acc.Read(b)
+	assert.Equal(t, 0, n)
+	assert.Equal(t, context.Canceled, err)
+}
+
 func TestShortenName(t *testing.T) {
 	for _, test := range []struct {
 		in   string
diff --git a/fs/sync/sync_test.go b/fs/sync/sync_test.go
index 95cdfcef6..b43f2adc2 100644
--- a/fs/sync/sync_test.go
+++ b/fs/sync/sync_test.go
@@ -1040,8 +1040,6 @@ func TestSyncWithMaxDuration(t *testing.T) {
 	startTime := time.Now()
 	err := Sync(context.Background(), r.Fremote, r.Flocal, false)
 	require.Equal(t, context.DeadlineExceeded, errors.Cause(err))
-	err = accounting.GlobalStats().GetLastError()
-	require.NoError(t, err)
 
 	elapsed := time.Since(startTime)
 	maxTransferTime := (time.Duration(len(testFiles)) * 60 * time.Second) / time.Duration(bytesPerSecond)