diff --git a/src/Compilers/CSharp/Test/Emit/Emit/CompilationEmitTests.cs b/src/Compilers/CSharp/Test/Emit/Emit/CompilationEmitTests.cs
index 2f17b18265ec230ba6aa12cf8221746a2906eff8..d66204a52aec25add63cd16c77fdc499b3571cde 100644
--- a/src/Compilers/CSharp/Test/Emit/Emit/CompilationEmitTests.cs
+++ b/src/Compilers/CSharp/Test/Emit/Emit/CompilationEmitTests.cs
@@ -2976,5 +2976,24 @@ public static void Main()
                 // error CS8104: An error occurred while writing the Portable Executable file.
                 Diagnostic(ErrorCode.ERR_PeWritingFailure).WithArguments("I/O error occurred.").WithLocation(1, 1));
         }
+
+        [Fact]
+        [WorkItem(9308, "https://github.com/dotnet/roslyn/issues/9308")]
+        public void FailingEmitterAllowsCancelationExceptionsThrough()
+        {
+            string source = @"
+public class X
+{
+    public static void Main()
+    {
+  
+    }
+}";
+            var compilation = CreateCompilationWithMscorlib(source);
+            var broken = new BrokenStream();
+            broken.BreakHow = 3;
+
+            Assert.Throws<OperationCanceledException>(() => compilation.Emit(broken));
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Compilers/Core/Portable/PEWriter/PeWriter.cs b/src/Compilers/Core/Portable/PEWriter/PeWriter.cs
index a42fb3c599bf8e58310b62f232ce4e4d1e859f09..8e5b74e74ec78ce3b4cc8d215a1483c249fedd64 100644
--- a/src/Compilers/Core/Portable/PEWriter/PeWriter.cs
+++ b/src/Compilers/Core/Portable/PEWriter/PeWriter.cs
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ internal sealed class PeWriter
 
                 return peWriter.WritePeToStream(mdWriter, getPeStream, getPortablePdbStreamOpt, nativePdbWriterOpt);
             }
-            catch (Exception ex) when (!(ex is PdbWritingException || ex is ResourceException || ex is PermissionSetFileReadException))
+            catch (Exception ex) when (!(ex is PdbWritingException || ex is ResourceException || ex is PermissionSetFileReadException || ex is OperationCanceledException))
             {
                 throw new PeWritingException(ex);
             }
diff --git a/src/Test/Utilities/Shared/Pe/BrokenStream.cs b/src/Test/Utilities/Shared/Pe/BrokenStream.cs
index 24c000eff7fcc62e5abac943b340f8ca8da74edd..44ea2d4211caba3f9f24ae7a75a10ee2a0c9af68 100644
--- a/src/Test/Utilities/Shared/Pe/BrokenStream.cs
+++ b/src/Test/Utilities/Shared/Pe/BrokenStream.cs
@@ -68,7 +68,13 @@ public override void SetLength(long value)
         public override void Write(byte[] buffer, int offset, int count)
         {
             if (BreakHow == 0)
+            {
                 throw new IOException();
+            }
+            if (BreakHow == 3)
+            {
+                throw new OperationCanceledException();
+            }
         }
     }
 }