diff --git a/AFNetworking/AFHTTPRequestOperation.m b/AFNetworking/AFHTTPRequestOperation.m
index 2475713..091f05b 100644
--- a/AFNetworking/AFHTTPRequestOperation.m
+++ b/AFNetworking/AFHTTPRequestOperation.m
@@ -273,10 +273,6 @@ static void AFSwizzleClassMethodWithClassAndSelectorUsingBlock(Class klass, SEL
 #pragma clang diagnostic push
 #pragma clang diagnostic ignored "-Warc-retain-cycles"
     self.completionBlock = ^{
-        if ([self isCancelled]) {
-            return;
-        }
-        
         if (self.error) {
             if (failure) {
                 dispatch_async(self.failureCallbackQueue ?: dispatch_get_main_queue(), ^{
diff --git a/AFNetworking/AFImageRequestOperation.m b/AFNetworking/AFImageRequestOperation.m
index cf24f31..5346998 100644
--- a/AFNetworking/AFImageRequestOperation.m
+++ b/AFNetworking/AFImageRequestOperation.m
@@ -203,10 +203,6 @@ static dispatch_queue_t image_request_operation_processing_queue() {
 #pragma clang diagnostic push
 #pragma clang diagnostic ignored "-Warc-retain-cycles"
     self.completionBlock = ^ {
-        if ([self isCancelled]) {
-            return;
-        }
-        
         dispatch_async(image_request_operation_processing_queue(), ^(void) {
             if (self.error) {
                 if (failure) {
diff --git a/AFNetworking/AFJSONRequestOperation.m b/AFNetworking/AFJSONRequestOperation.m
index 5401cbf..8fd0de0 100644
--- a/AFNetworking/AFJSONRequestOperation.m
+++ b/AFNetworking/AFJSONRequestOperation.m
@@ -104,11 +104,7 @@ static dispatch_queue_t json_request_operation_processing_queue() {
 {
 #pragma clang diagnostic push
 #pragma clang diagnostic ignored "-Warc-retain-cycles"
-   self.completionBlock = ^ {
-        if ([self isCancelled]) {
-            return;
-        }
-        
+   self.completionBlock = ^ {        
         if (self.error) {
             if (failure) {
                 dispatch_async(self.failureCallbackQueue ?: dispatch_get_main_queue(), ^{
diff --git a/AFNetworking/AFPropertyListRequestOperation.m b/AFNetworking/AFPropertyListRequestOperation.m
index 21961d0..d454389 100644
--- a/AFNetworking/AFPropertyListRequestOperation.m
+++ b/AFNetworking/AFPropertyListRequestOperation.m
@@ -108,11 +108,7 @@ static dispatch_queue_t property_list_request_operation_processing_queue() {
 {
 #pragma clang diagnostic push
 #pragma clang diagnostic ignored "-Warc-retain-cycles"
-    self.completionBlock = ^ {
-        if ([self isCancelled]) {
-            return;
-        }
-        
+    self.completionBlock = ^ {        
         if (self.error) {
             if (failure) {
                 dispatch_async(self.failureCallbackQueue ?: dispatch_get_main_queue(), ^{
diff --git a/AFNetworking/AFURLConnectionOperation.m b/AFNetworking/AFURLConnectionOperation.m
index 96c27c6..6c685fe 100644
--- a/AFNetworking/AFURLConnectionOperation.m
+++ b/AFNetworking/AFURLConnectionOperation.m
@@ -471,15 +471,18 @@ static inline BOOL AFStateTransitionIsValid(AFOperationState fromState, AFOperat
 }
 
 - (void)cancelConnection {
+
+    NSDictionary *userInfo = nil;
+    if ([self.request URL]) {
+        userInfo = [NSDictionary dictionaryWithObject:[self.request URL] forKey:NSURLErrorFailingURLErrorKey];
+    }
+    self.error = [NSError errorWithDomain:NSURLErrorDomain code:NSURLErrorCancelled userInfo:userInfo];
+
     if (self.connection) {
         [self.connection cancel];
         
         // Manually send this delegate message since `[self.connection cancel]` causes the connection to never send another message to its delegate
-        NSDictionary *userInfo = nil;
-        if ([self.request URL]) {
-            userInfo = [NSDictionary dictionaryWithObject:[self.request URL] forKey:NSURLErrorFailingURLErrorKey];
-        }
-        [self performSelector:@selector(connection:didFailWithError:) withObject:self.connection withObject:[NSError errorWithDomain:NSURLErrorDomain code:NSURLErrorCancelled userInfo:userInfo]];
+        [self performSelector:@selector(connection:didFailWithError:) withObject:self.connection withObject:self.error];
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/AFNetworking/AFXMLRequestOperation.m b/AFNetworking/AFXMLRequestOperation.m
index d8de09a..fdb3906 100644
--- a/AFNetworking/AFXMLRequestOperation.m
+++ b/AFNetworking/AFXMLRequestOperation.m
@@ -140,11 +140,7 @@ static dispatch_queue_t xml_request_operation_processing_queue() {
 {
 #pragma clang diagnostic push
 #pragma clang diagnostic ignored "-Warc-retain-cycles"
-    self.completionBlock = ^ {
-        if ([self isCancelled]) {
-            return;
-        }
-        
+    self.completionBlock = ^ {        
         dispatch_async(xml_request_operation_processing_queue(), ^(void) {
             NSXMLParser *XMLParser = self.responseXMLParser;