diff --git a/src/js/select2/data/ajax.js b/src/js/select2/data/ajax.js
index 92b9e1dd..3309298f 100644
--- a/src/js/select2/data/ajax.js
+++ b/src/js/select2/data/ajax.js
@@ -80,6 +80,12 @@ define([
 
         callback(results);
       }, function () {
+        // Attempt to detect if a request was aborted
+        // Only works if the transport exposes a status property
+        if ($request.status && $request.status === '0') {
+          return;
+        }
+
         self.trigger('results:message', {
           message: 'errorLoading'
         });