diff --git a/proxy/grpc_handler.go b/proxy/grpc_handler.go
index 0310564a8..bed811a62 100644
--- a/proxy/grpc_handler.go
+++ b/proxy/grpc_handler.go
@@ -55,8 +55,7 @@ func GetGRPCDirector(tlscfg *tls.Config) func(ctx context.Context, fullMethodNam
 			return ctx, nil, fmt.Errorf("error extracting metadata from request")
 		}
 
-		outCtx, _ := context.WithCancel(ctx)
-		outCtx = metadata.NewOutgoingContext(outCtx, md.Copy())
+		outCtx := metadata.NewOutgoingContext(ctx, md.Copy())
 
 		target, _ := ctx.Value(targetKey{}).(*route.Target)
 
@@ -89,6 +88,10 @@ func (p proxyStream) Context() context.Context {
 	return p.ctx
 }
 
+func makeGRPCTargetKey(t *route.Target) string {
+	return t.URL.String()
+}
+
 func (g GrpcProxyInterceptor) Stream(srv interface{}, stream grpc.ServerStream, info *grpc.StreamServerInfo, handler grpc.StreamHandler) error {
 	ctx := stream.Context()
 
@@ -203,7 +206,7 @@ func (h *GrpcStatsHandler) HandleConn(ctx context.Context, conn stats.ConnStats)
 }
 
 type grpcConnectionPool struct {
-	connections     map[*route.Target]*grpc.ClientConn
+	connections     map[string]*grpc.ClientConn
 	lock            sync.RWMutex
 	cleanupInterval time.Duration
 	tlscfg          *tls.Config
@@ -211,7 +214,7 @@ type grpcConnectionPool struct {
 
 func newGrpcConnectionPool(tlscfg *tls.Config) *grpcConnectionPool {
 	cp := &grpcConnectionPool{
-		connections:     make(map[*route.Target]*grpc.ClientConn),
+		connections:     make(map[string]*grpc.ClientConn),
 		lock:            sync.RWMutex{},
 		cleanupInterval: time.Second * 5,
 		tlscfg:          tlscfg,
@@ -224,7 +227,7 @@ func newGrpcConnectionPool(tlscfg *tls.Config) *grpcConnectionPool {
 
 func (p *grpcConnectionPool) Get(ctx context.Context, target *route.Target) (*grpc.ClientConn, error) {
 	p.lock.RLock()
-	conn := p.connections[target]
+	conn := p.connections[makeGRPCTargetKey(target)]
 	p.lock.RUnlock()
 
 	if conn != nil && conn.GetState() != connectivity.Shutdown {
@@ -265,23 +268,24 @@ func (p *grpcConnectionPool) newConnection(ctx context.Context, target *route.Ta
 func (p *grpcConnectionPool) Set(target *route.Target, conn *grpc.ClientConn) {
 	p.lock.Lock()
 	defer p.lock.Unlock()
-	p.connections[target] = conn
+
+	p.connections[makeGRPCTargetKey(target)] = conn
 }
 
 func (p *grpcConnectionPool) cleanup() {
 	for {
 		p.lock.Lock()
 		table := route.GetTable()
-		for target, cs := range p.connections {
+		for tKey, cs := range p.connections {
 			if cs.GetState() == connectivity.Shutdown {
-				delete(p.connections, target)
+				delete(p.connections, tKey)
 				continue
 			}
 
-			if !hasTarget(target, table) {
-				log.Println("[DEBUG] grpc: cleaning up connection to", target.URL.Host)
+			if !hasTarget(tKey, table) {
+				log.Println("[DEBUG] grpc: cleaning up connection to", tKey)
 				cs.Close()
-				delete(p.connections, target)
+				delete(p.connections, tKey)
 			}
 		}
 		p.lock.Unlock()
@@ -289,11 +293,11 @@ func (p *grpcConnectionPool) cleanup() {
 	}
 }
 
-func hasTarget(target *route.Target, table route.Table) bool {
+func hasTarget(tKey string, table route.Table) bool {
 	for _, routes := range table {
 		for _, r := range routes {
 			for _, t := range r.Targets {
-				if target == t {
+				if tKey == makeGRPCTargetKey(t) {
 					return true
 				}
 			}