diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/ChainingCredentialsProvider.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/ChainingCredentialsProvider.java
index 3e0ee2f64..5e1eb3c49 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/ChainingCredentialsProvider.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/ChainingCredentialsProvider.java
@@ -113,9 +113,15 @@ public boolean get(URIish uri, CredentialItem... items)
 			throws UnsupportedCredentialItem {
 		for (CredentialsProvider p : credentialProviders) {
 			if (p.supports(items)) {
-				p.get(uri, items);
-				if (isAnyNull(items))
+				if (!p.get(uri, items)) {
+					if (p.isInteractive()) {
+						return false; // user cancelled the request
+					}
 					continue;
+				}
+				if (isAnyNull(items)) {
+					continue;
+				}
 				return true;
 			}
 		}