diff --git a/homeassistant/components/unifiprotect/discovery.py b/homeassistant/components/unifiprotect/discovery.py
index ea3730fa3e3..885781c6557 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/unifiprotect/discovery.py
+++ b/homeassistant/components/unifiprotect/discovery.py
@@ -40,7 +40,10 @@ def async_start_discovery(hass: HomeAssistant) -> None:
     # Do not block startup since discovery takes 31s or more
     _async_start_background_discovery()
     async_track_time_interval(
-        hass, _async_start_background_discovery, DISCOVERY_INTERVAL
+        hass,
+        _async_start_background_discovery,
+        DISCOVERY_INTERVAL,
+        cancel_on_shutdown=True,
     )