diff --git a/pkg/kv/kvserver/replica_raft.go b/pkg/kv/kvserver/replica_raft.go
index a0fb7e8ce8c8..0dbc39848011 100644
--- a/pkg/kv/kvserver/replica_raft.go
+++ b/pkg/kv/kvserver/replica_raft.go
@@ -515,7 +515,14 @@ func (r *Replica) handleRaftReady(
 // non-sensitive cue as to what happened.
 func (r *Replica) handleRaftReadyRaftMuLocked(
 	ctx context.Context, inSnap IncomingSnapshot,
-) (_ handleRaftReadyStats, _ string, foo error) {
+) (handleRaftReadyStats, string, error) {
+	// handleRaftReadyRaftMuLocked is not prepared to handle context cancellation,
+	// so assert that it's given a non-cancellable context.
+	if ctx.Done() != nil {
+		return handleRaftReadyStats{}, "", errors.AssertionFailedf(
+			"handleRaftReadyRaftMuLocked cannot be called with a cancellable context")
+	}
+
 	var stats handleRaftReadyStats
 	if inSnap.Desc != nil {
 		stats.snap.offered = true
diff --git a/pkg/kv/kvserver/scheduler.go b/pkg/kv/kvserver/scheduler.go
index 761b18f0a9d6..c5e602227465 100644
--- a/pkg/kv/kvserver/scheduler.go
+++ b/pkg/kv/kvserver/scheduler.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 
 	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/roachpb"
+	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/util/log"
 	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/util/metric"
 	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/util/stop"
 	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/util/syncutil"
@@ -160,9 +161,10 @@ type raftScheduleState struct {
 }
 
 type raftScheduler struct {
-	processor  raftProcessor
-	latency    *metric.Histogram
-	numWorkers int
+	ambientContext log.AmbientContext
+	processor      raftProcessor
+	latency        *metric.Histogram
+	numWorkers     int
 
 	mu struct {
 		syncutil.Mutex
@@ -176,19 +178,21 @@ type raftScheduler struct {
 }
 
 func newRaftScheduler(
-	metrics *StoreMetrics, processor raftProcessor, numWorkers int,
+	ambient log.AmbientContext, metrics *StoreMetrics, processor raftProcessor, numWorkers int,
 ) *raftScheduler {
 	s := &raftScheduler{
-		processor:  processor,
-		latency:    metrics.RaftSchedulerLatency,
-		numWorkers: numWorkers,
+		ambientContext: ambient,
+		processor:      processor,
+		latency:        metrics.RaftSchedulerLatency,
+		numWorkers:     numWorkers,
 	}
 	s.mu.cond = sync.NewCond(&s.mu.Mutex)
 	s.mu.state = make(map[roachpb.RangeID]raftScheduleState)
 	return s
 }
 
-func (s *raftScheduler) Start(ctx context.Context, stopper *stop.Stopper) {
+func (s *raftScheduler) Start(stopper *stop.Stopper) {
+	ctx := s.ambientContext.AnnotateCtx(context.Background())
 	waitQuiesce := func(context.Context) {
 		<-stopper.ShouldQuiesce()
 		s.mu.Lock()
diff --git a/pkg/kv/kvserver/scheduler_test.go b/pkg/kv/kvserver/scheduler_test.go
index 767e0c247d72..c3b4fc3bc673 100644
--- a/pkg/kv/kvserver/scheduler_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kv/kvserver/scheduler_test.go
@@ -232,11 +232,11 @@ func TestSchedulerLoop(t *testing.T) {
 
 	m := newStoreMetrics(metric.TestSampleInterval)
 	p := newTestProcessor()
-	s := newRaftScheduler(m, p, 1)
+	s := newRaftScheduler(log.AmbientContext{}, m, p, 1)
 	stopper := stop.NewStopper()
 	ctx := context.Background()
 	defer stopper.Stop(ctx)
-	s.Start(ctx, stopper)
+	s.Start(stopper)
 	s.EnqueueRaftTicks(1, 2, 3)
 
 	testutils.SucceedsSoon(t, func() error {
@@ -258,11 +258,11 @@ func TestSchedulerBuffering(t *testing.T) {
 
 	m := newStoreMetrics(metric.TestSampleInterval)
 	p := newTestProcessor()
-	s := newRaftScheduler(m, p, 1)
+	s := newRaftScheduler(log.AmbientContext{}, m, p, 1)
 	stopper := stop.NewStopper()
 	ctx := context.Background()
 	defer stopper.Stop(ctx)
-	s.Start(ctx, stopper)
+	s.Start(stopper)
 
 	testCases := []struct {
 		flag     raftScheduleFlags
diff --git a/pkg/kv/kvserver/store.go b/pkg/kv/kvserver/store.go
index 0de76856ab76..9c547d87c68d 100644
--- a/pkg/kv/kvserver/store.go
+++ b/pkg/kv/kvserver/store.go
@@ -1114,7 +1114,7 @@ func NewStore(
 	s.replRankings = newReplicaRankings()
 
 	s.draining.Store(false)
-	s.scheduler = newRaftScheduler(s.metrics, s, storeSchedulerConcurrency)
+	s.scheduler = newRaftScheduler(cfg.AmbientCtx, s.metrics, s, storeSchedulerConcurrency)
 
 	s.raftEntryCache = raftentry.NewCache(cfg.RaftEntryCacheSize)
 	s.metrics.registry.AddMetricStruct(s.raftEntryCache.Metrics())
diff --git a/pkg/kv/kvserver/store_raft.go b/pkg/kv/kvserver/store_raft.go
index df7387059cc4..533c1652c1a6 100644
--- a/pkg/kv/kvserver/store_raft.go
+++ b/pkg/kv/kvserver/store_raft.go
@@ -572,7 +572,7 @@ func (s *Store) processRaft(ctx context.Context) {
 		return
 	}
 
-	s.scheduler.Start(ctx, s.stopper)
+	s.scheduler.Start(s.stopper)
 	// Wait for the scheduler worker goroutines to finish.
 	if err := s.stopper.RunAsyncTask(ctx, "sched-wait", s.scheduler.Wait); err != nil {
 		s.scheduler.Wait(ctx)