diff --git a/app/models/commit_status.rb b/app/models/commit_status.rb
index e2ce5062f6f5a5570cca05b783ce55d2b3ab4f14..4a064644d64e1d29c04673cc50b25b7deb615e11 100644
--- a/app/models/commit_status.rb
+++ b/app/models/commit_status.rb
@@ -65,8 +65,8 @@ class CommitStatus < ActiveRecord::Base
     end
 
     event :cancel do
-      transition [:pending, :running] => :canceled
       transition [:created] => :skipped
+      transition [:pending, :running] => :canceled
     end
 
     before_transition created: [:pending, :running] do |commit_status|
diff --git a/spec/models/ci/pipeline_spec.rb b/spec/models/ci/pipeline_spec.rb
index 426be74cd0209865a2f6ee1541bf580e39bb30c4..3be489c7c5c812abf2af52355eddcdd6fbb27378 100644
--- a/spec/models/ci/pipeline_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/ci/pipeline_spec.rb
@@ -503,7 +503,9 @@ describe Ci::Pipeline, models: true do
   end
 
   describe '#status' do
-    let!(:build) { create(:ci_build, :created, pipeline: pipeline, name: 'test') }
+    let(:build) do
+      create(:ci_build, :created, pipeline: pipeline, name: 'test')
+    end
 
     subject { pipeline.reload.status }
 
@@ -545,7 +547,13 @@ describe Ci::Pipeline, models: true do
         build.cancel
       end
 
-      it { is_expected.to eq('canceled') }
+      context 'when build is pending' do
+        let(:build) do
+          create(:ci_build, :pending, pipeline: pipeline)
+        end
+
+        it { is_expected.to eq('canceled') }
+      end
     end
 
     context 'on failure and build retry' do