diff --git a/coderd/database/dbauthz/dbauthz.go b/coderd/database/dbauthz/dbauthz.go
index b3f80cd4a5468..a5f9dcff54916 100644
--- a/coderd/database/dbauthz/dbauthz.go
+++ b/coderd/database/dbauthz/dbauthz.go
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ func logNotAuthorizedError(ctx context.Context, logger slog.Logger, err error) e
 			slog.Error(err),
 		)
 	}
+
 	return NotAuthorizedError{
 		Err: err,
 	}
diff --git a/coderd/database/dbauthz/querier.go b/coderd/database/dbauthz/querier.go
index 4442619ef3850..89692504378fb 100644
--- a/coderd/database/dbauthz/querier.go
+++ b/coderd/database/dbauthz/querier.go
@@ -438,12 +438,16 @@ func (q *querier) canAssignRoles(ctx context.Context, orgID *uuid.UUID, added, r
 		}
 	}
 
-	if len(added) > 0 && q.authorizeContext(ctx, rbac.ActionCreate, roleAssign) != nil {
-		return logNotAuthorizedError(ctx, q.log, xerrors.Errorf("not authorized to assign roles"))
+	if len(added) > 0 {
+		if err := q.authorizeContext(ctx, rbac.ActionCreate, roleAssign); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
 	}
 
-	if len(removed) > 0 && q.authorizeContext(ctx, rbac.ActionDelete, roleAssign) != nil {
-		return logNotAuthorizedError(ctx, q.log, xerrors.Errorf("not authorized to delete roles"))
+	if len(removed) > 0 {
+		if err := q.authorizeContext(ctx, rbac.ActionDelete, roleAssign); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
 	}
 
 	for _, roleName := range grantedRoles {
@@ -1221,7 +1225,7 @@ func (q *querier) GetWorkspaceAgentsByResourceIDs(ctx context.Context, ids []uui
 			continue
 		}
 		// Otherwise, we cannot read the workspace, so we cannot read the agent.
-		return nil, logNotAuthorizedError(ctx, q.log, err)
+		return nil, err
 	}
 	return agents, nil
 }
diff --git a/coderd/database/dbauthz/setup_test.go b/coderd/database/dbauthz/setup_test.go
index 6fe03e52d0ebe..0b5dad6cf2378 100644
--- a/coderd/database/dbauthz/setup_test.go
+++ b/coderd/database/dbauthz/setup_test.go
@@ -9,11 +9,11 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
-	"golang.org/x/xerrors"
-
 	"github.com/google/uuid"
+	"github.com/open-policy-agent/opa/topdown"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/suite"
+	"golang.org/x/xerrors"
 
 	"cdr.dev/slog"
 	"github.com/coder/coder/coderd/coderdtest"
@@ -225,6 +225,26 @@ func (s *MethodTestSuite) NotAuthorizedErrorTest(ctx context.Context, az *coderd
 			s.ErrorAs(err, &dbauthz.NotAuthorizedError{}, "error should be NotAuthorizedError")
 		}
 	})
+
+	s.Run("Cancelled", func() {
+		// Pass in a cancelled context
+		ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(ctx)
+		cancel()
+		az.AlwaysReturn = rbac.ForbiddenWithInternal(&topdown.Error{Code: topdown.CancelErr},
+			rbac.Subject{}, "", rbac.Object{}, nil)
+
+		// If we have assertions, that means the method should FAIL
+		// if RBAC will disallow the request. The returned error should
+		// be expected to be a NotAuthorizedError.
+		resp, err := callMethod(ctx)
+
+		// This is unfortunate, but if we are using `Filter` the error returned will be nil. So filter out
+		// any case where the error is nil and the response is an empty slice.
+		if err != nil || !hasEmptySliceResponse(resp) {
+			s.Errorf(err, "method should an error with cancellation")
+			s.ErrorIsf(err, context.Canceled, "error should match context.Cancelled")
+		}
+	})
 }
 
 func hasEmptySliceResponse(values []reflect.Value) bool {