diff --git a/internal/gensupport/resumable.go b/internal/gensupport/resumable.go
index 0c659188dda..ee8e9f32475 100644
--- a/internal/gensupport/resumable.go
+++ b/internal/gensupport/resumable.go
@@ -193,22 +193,28 @@ func (rx *ResumableUpload) Upload(ctx context.Context) (resp *http.Response, err
 
 		// Each chunk gets its own initialized-at-zero backoff and invocation ID.
 		bo := rx.Retry.backoff()
-		quitAfter := time.After(retryDeadline)
+		quitAfterTimer := time.NewTimer(retryDeadline)
 		rx.attempts = 1
 		rx.invocationID = uuid.New().String()
 
 		// Retry loop for a single chunk.
 		for {
+			pauseTimer := time.NewTimer(pause)
 			select {
 			case <-ctx.Done():
+				quitAfterTimer.Stop()
+				pauseTimer.Stop()
 				if err == nil {
 					err = ctx.Err()
 				}
 				return prepareReturn(resp, err)
-			case <-time.After(pause):
-			case <-quitAfter:
+			case <-pauseTimer.C:
+				quitAfterTimer.Stop()
+			case <-quitAfterTimer.C:
+				pauseTimer.Stop()
 				return prepareReturn(resp, err)
 			}
+			pauseTimer.Stop()
 
 			// Check for context cancellation or timeout once more. If more than one
 			// case in the select statement above was satisfied at the same time, Go
@@ -217,13 +223,15 @@ func (rx *ResumableUpload) Upload(ctx context.Context) (resp *http.Response, err
 			// canceled before or the timeout was reached.
 			select {
 			case <-ctx.Done():
+				quitAfterTimer.Stop()
 				if err == nil {
 					err = ctx.Err()
 				}
 				return prepareReturn(resp, err)
-			case <-quitAfter:
+			case <-quitAfterTimer.C:
 				return prepareReturn(resp, err)
 			default:
+				quitAfterTimer.Stop()
 			}
 
 			resp, err = rx.transferChunk(ctx)
diff --git a/internal/gensupport/send.go b/internal/gensupport/send.go
index dd24139b366..85c7bcbfdfc 100644
--- a/internal/gensupport/send.go
+++ b/internal/gensupport/send.go
@@ -115,15 +115,17 @@ func sendAndRetry(ctx context.Context, client *http.Client, req *http.Request, r
 	var errorFunc = retry.errorFunc()
 
 	for {
+		t := time.NewTimer(pause)
 		select {
 		case <-ctx.Done():
+			t.Stop()
 			// If we got an error and the context has been canceled, return an error acknowledging
 			// both the context cancelation and the service error.
 			if err != nil {
 				return resp, wrappedCallErr{ctx.Err(), err}
 			}
 			return resp, ctx.Err()
-		case <-time.After(pause):
+		case <-t.C:
 		}
 
 		if ctx.Err() != nil {
diff --git a/transport/bytestream/client.go b/transport/bytestream/client.go
index eabd268179f..d182c8219bc 100644
--- a/transport/bytestream/client.go
+++ b/transport/bytestream/client.go
@@ -89,9 +89,11 @@ func (r *Reader) Read(p []byte) (int, error) {
 		if backoffDelay > backoffMax {
 			backoffDelay = backoffMax
 		}
+		t := time.NewTimer(backoffDelay)
 		select {
-		case <-time.After(backoffDelay):
+		case <-t.C:
 		case <-r.ctx.Done():
+			t.Stop()
 			if err := r.ctx.Err(); err != nil {
 				r.err = err
 			}