diff --git a/pkgs/cupertino_http/example/integration_test/client_profile_test.dart b/pkgs/cupertino_http/example/integration_test/client_profile_test.dart
index eba570d800..ce59029078 100644
--- a/pkgs/cupertino_http/example/integration_test/client_profile_test.dart
+++ b/pkgs/cupertino_http/example/integration_test/client_profile_test.dart
@@ -308,11 +308,7 @@ void main() {
         expect(profile.requestData.contentLength, isNull);
         expect(profile.requestData.startTime, isNotNull);
         expect(profile.requestData.endTime, isNotNull);
-        // Extra data could be received before the cancel event is dispatched
-        // by the url loading framework so check that
-        // `profile.responseData.bodyBytes` starts with `receivedData`.
-        expect(profile.responseData.bodyBytes.sublist(0, receivedData.length),
-            receivedData);
+        expect(profile.responseData.bodyBytes, receivedData);
       });
     });
 
diff --git a/pkgs/cupertino_http/lib/src/cupertino_client.dart b/pkgs/cupertino_http/lib/src/cupertino_client.dart
index 7e592eb3e6..6273c48518 100644
--- a/pkgs/cupertino_http/lib/src/cupertino_client.dart
+++ b/pkgs/cupertino_http/lib/src/cupertino_client.dart
@@ -56,6 +56,9 @@ class _TaskTracker {
   final responseCompleter = Completer<URLResponse>();
   final BaseRequest request;
   final StreamController<Uint8List> responseController;
+
+  /// Whether the response stream subscription has been cancelled.
+  bool responseListenerCancelled = false;
   final HttpClientRequestProfile? profile;
   int numRedirects = 0;
   Uri? lastUrl; // The last URL redirected to.
@@ -211,6 +214,7 @@ class CupertinoClient extends BaseClient {
         taskTracker.responseCompleter.completeError(exception);
       }
     } else {
+      assert(error == null || taskTracker.responseListenerCancelled);
       assert(taskTracker.profile == null ||
           taskTracker.profile!.requestData.endTime != null);
 
@@ -226,6 +230,7 @@ class CupertinoClient extends BaseClient {
 
   static void _onData(URLSession session, URLSessionTask task, NSData data) {
     final taskTracker = _tracker(task);
+    if (taskTracker.responseListenerCancelled) return;
     taskTracker.responseController.add(data.toList());
     taskTracker.profile?.responseData.bodySink.add(data.toList());
   }
@@ -366,6 +371,9 @@ class CupertinoClient extends BaseClient {
     request.headers.forEach(urlRequest.setValueForHttpHeaderField);
     final task = urlSession.dataTaskWithRequest(urlRequest);
     final subscription = StreamController<Uint8List>(onCancel: () {
+      final taskTracker = _tasks[task];
+      if (taskTracker == null) return;
+      taskTracker.responseListenerCancelled = true;
       task.cancel();
     });
     final taskTracker = _TaskTracker(request, subscription, profile);