diff --git a/datafusion/src/physical_plan/coalesce_partitions.rs b/datafusion/src/physical_plan/coalesce_partitions.rs
index a1068386f0d2..1fd18d2c4f37 100644
--- a/datafusion/src/physical_plan/coalesce_partitions.rs
+++ b/datafusion/src/physical_plan/coalesce_partitions.rs
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ use async_trait::async_trait;
 use arrow::record_batch::RecordBatch;
 use arrow::{datatypes::SchemaRef, error::Result as ArrowResult};
 
+use super::common::AbortOnDropMany;
 use super::metrics::{BaselineMetrics, ExecutionPlanMetricsSet, MetricsSet};
 use super::{RecordBatchStream, Statistics};
 use crate::error::{DataFusionError, Result};
@@ -129,14 +130,20 @@ impl ExecutionPlan for CoalescePartitionsExec {
 
                 // spawn independent tasks whose resulting streams (of batches)
                 // are sent to the channel for consumption.
+                let mut join_handles = Vec::with_capacity(input_partitions);
                 for part_i in 0..input_partitions {
-                    spawn_execution(self.input.clone(), sender.clone(), part_i);
+                    join_handles.push(spawn_execution(
+                        self.input.clone(),
+                        sender.clone(),
+                        part_i,
+                    ));
                 }
 
                 Ok(Box::pin(MergeStream {
                     input: receiver,
                     schema: self.schema(),
                     baseline_metrics,
+                    drop_helper: AbortOnDropMany(join_handles),
                 }))
             }
         }
@@ -168,7 +175,8 @@ pin_project! {
         schema: SchemaRef,
         #[pin]
         input: mpsc::Receiver<ArrowResult<RecordBatch>>,
-        baseline_metrics: BaselineMetrics
+        baseline_metrics: BaselineMetrics,
+        drop_helper: AbortOnDropMany<()>,
     }
 }
 
@@ -194,11 +202,15 @@ impl RecordBatchStream for MergeStream {
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
 
+    use arrow::datatypes::{DataType, Field, Schema};
+    use futures::FutureExt;
+
     use super::*;
     use crate::datasource::object_store::local::LocalFileSystem;
-    use crate::physical_plan::common;
     use crate::physical_plan::file_format::CsvExec;
-    use crate::test;
+    use crate::physical_plan::{collect, common};
+    use crate::test::exec::{assert_strong_count_converges_to_zero, BlockingExec};
+    use crate::test::{self, assert_is_pending};
 
     #[tokio::test]
     async fn merge() -> Result<()> {
@@ -238,4 +250,24 @@ mod tests {
 
         Ok(())
     }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn test_drop_cancel() -> Result<()> {
+        let schema =
+            Arc::new(Schema::new(vec![Field::new("a", DataType::Float32, true)]));
+
+        let blocking_exec = Arc::new(BlockingExec::new(Arc::clone(&schema), 2));
+        let refs = blocking_exec.refs();
+        let coaelesce_partitions_exec =
+            Arc::new(CoalescePartitionsExec::new(blocking_exec));
+
+        let fut = collect(coaelesce_partitions_exec);
+        let mut fut = fut.boxed();
+
+        assert_is_pending(&mut fut);
+        drop(fut);
+        assert_strong_count_converges_to_zero(refs).await;
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
 }