diff --git a/src/core/lib/transport/transport.h b/src/core/lib/transport/transport.h
index 9d5e6ec9e62..a89b2084ba2 100644
--- a/src/core/lib/transport/transport.h
+++ b/src/core/lib/transport/transport.h
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ class CallSpineInterface {
     using ResultType = typename P::Result;
     return Map(std::move(promise), [this](ResultType r) {
       if (!IsStatusOk(r)) {
-        Cancel(StatusCast<ServerMetadataHandle>(std::move(r)));
+        std::ignore = Cancel(StatusCast<ServerMetadataHandle>(std::move(r)));
       }
       return Empty{};
     });
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ class CallSpineInterface {
         "SpawnGuarded promise must return a status-like object");
     party().Spawn(name, std::move(promise_factory), [this](ResultType r) {
       if (!IsStatusOk(r)) {
-        Cancel(StatusCast<ServerMetadataHandle>(std::move(r)));
+        std::ignore = Cancel(StatusCast<ServerMetadataHandle>(std::move(r)));
       }
     });
   }