diff --git a/pkg/sql/rowexec/inverted_joiner.go b/pkg/sql/rowexec/inverted_joiner.go
index c915c566fe91..adcbb527186e 100644
--- a/pkg/sql/rowexec/inverted_joiner.go
+++ b/pkg/sql/rowexec/inverted_joiner.go
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/sql/sem/tree"
 	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/sql/span"
 	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/sql/types"
+	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/util/cancelchecker"
 	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/util/log"
 	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/util/metamorphic"
 	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/util/mon"
@@ -67,6 +68,8 @@ type invertedJoiner struct {
 	unlimitedMemMonitor *mon.BytesMonitor
 	diskMonitor         *mon.BytesMonitor
 
+	cancelChecker cancelchecker.CancelChecker
+
 	// prefixEqualityCols are the ordinals of the columns from the join input
 	// that represent join values for the non-inverted prefix columns of
 	// multi-column inverted indexes. The length is equal to the number of
@@ -414,6 +417,11 @@ func (ij *invertedJoiner) Next() (rowenc.EncDatumRow, *execinfrapb.ProducerMetad
 func (ij *invertedJoiner) readInput() (invertedJoinerState, *execinfrapb.ProducerMetadata) {
 	// Read the next batch of input rows.
 	for len(ij.inputRows) < ij.batchSize {
+		if err := ij.cancelChecker.Check(); err != nil {
+			ij.MoveToDraining(err)
+			return ijStateUnknown, nil
+		}
+
 		row, meta := ij.input.Next()
 		if meta != nil {
 			if meta.Err != nil {
@@ -742,6 +750,7 @@ func (ij *invertedJoiner) Start(ctx context.Context) {
 		&ij.scanStatsListener, &ij.tenantConsumptionListener,
 	)
 	ij.input.Start(ctx)
+	ij.cancelChecker.Reset(ctx, 16 /* checkInterval */)
 	ij.runningState = ijReadingInput
 }