diff --git a/federationapi/routing/send.go b/federationapi/routing/send.go
index fcfedfeb4..44af88b1f 100644
--- a/federationapi/routing/send.go
+++ b/federationapi/routing/send.go
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ func Send(
 
 	util.GetLogger(httpReq.Context()).Infof("Received transaction %q from %q containing %d PDUs, %d EDUs", txnID, request.Origin(), len(t.PDUs), len(t.EDUs))
 
-	resp, jsonErr := t.processTransaction(context.Background())
+	resp, jsonErr := t.processTransaction(httpReq.Context())
 	if jsonErr != nil {
 		util.GetLogger(httpReq.Context()).WithField("jsonErr", jsonErr).Error("t.processTransaction failed")
 		return *jsonErr