diff --git a/ktor-client/ktor-client-java/jvm/src/io/ktor/client/engine/java/JavaHttpEngine.kt b/ktor-client/ktor-client-java/jvm/src/io/ktor/client/engine/java/JavaHttpEngine.kt
index a9f3a833022..e335263fe83 100644
--- a/ktor-client/ktor-client-java/jvm/src/io/ktor/client/engine/java/JavaHttpEngine.kt
+++ b/ktor-client/ktor-client-java/jvm/src/io/ktor/client/engine/java/JavaHttpEngine.kt
@@ -60,7 +60,9 @@ public class JavaHttpEngine(override val config: JavaHttpConfig) : HttpClientEng
             if (data.isUpgradeRequest()) {
                 engine.executeWebSocketRequest(callContext, data)
             } else {
-                engine.executeHttpRequest(callContext, data)
+                engine.executeHttpRequest(callContext, data) ?: throw kotlinx.coroutines.CancellationException(
+                    "Request was cancelled"
+                )
             }
         } catch (cause: Throwable) {
             callContext.cancel(CancellationException("Failed to execute request", cause))
diff --git a/ktor-client/ktor-client-java/jvm/src/io/ktor/client/engine/java/JavaHttpResponse.kt b/ktor-client/ktor-client-java/jvm/src/io/ktor/client/engine/java/JavaHttpResponse.kt
index 81266ae60aa..209eef0587f 100644
--- a/ktor-client/ktor-client-java/jvm/src/io/ktor/client/engine/java/JavaHttpResponse.kt
+++ b/ktor-client/ktor-client-java/jvm/src/io/ktor/client/engine/java/JavaHttpResponse.kt
@@ -13,10 +13,10 @@ import kotlin.coroutines.*
 internal suspend fun HttpClient.executeHttpRequest(
     callContext: CoroutineContext,
     requestData: HttpRequestData
-): HttpResponseData {
+): HttpResponseData? {
     val httpRequest = requestData.convertToHttpRequest(callContext)
     return try {
-        sendAsync(httpRequest, JavaHttpResponseBodyHandler(callContext)).await().body()
+        sendAsync(httpRequest, JavaHttpResponseBodyHandler(callContext))?.await()?.body()
     } catch (cause: HttpConnectTimeoutException) {
         throw ConnectTimeoutException(requestData, cause)
     } catch (cause: HttpTimeoutException) {
diff --git a/ktor-client/ktor-client-java/jvm/test/io/ktor/client/engine/java/JavaEngineTests.kt b/ktor-client/ktor-client-java/jvm/test/io/ktor/client/engine/java/JavaEngineTests.kt
index 77f435ce50c..e917b18e200 100644
--- a/ktor-client/ktor-client-java/jvm/test/io/ktor/client/engine/java/JavaEngineTests.kt
+++ b/ktor-client/ktor-client-java/jvm/test/io/ktor/client/engine/java/JavaEngineTests.kt
@@ -8,8 +8,10 @@ import io.ktor.client.*
 import io.ktor.client.call.*
 import io.ktor.client.plugins.*
 import io.ktor.client.request.*
+import io.ktor.client.statement.*
 import io.ktor.http.*
 import kotlinx.coroutines.*
+import java.net.*
 import java.time.*
 import java.util.concurrent.*
 import kotlin.test.*
@@ -25,6 +27,21 @@ class JavaEngineTests {
         }
     }
 
+    @Test
+    fun testProxy() = runBlocking {
+
+        val client = HttpClient(Java) {
+            engine {
+                proxy = Proxy(Proxy.Type.HTTP, InetSocketAddress("localhost", 8082))
+            }
+        }
+
+        val body = client.get("http://127.0.0.1:8080/")
+            .bodyAsText()
+
+        assertEquals("proxy", body)
+    }
+
     @Test
     fun testThreadLeak() = runBlocking {
         System.setProperty("jdk.internal.httpclient.selectorTimeout", "50")