diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/mediatek/jpeg/mtk_jpeg_core.c b/drivers/media/platform/mediatek/jpeg/mtk_jpeg_core.c
index c01124a349f6..8c684756d5fc 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/mediatek/jpeg/mtk_jpeg_core.c
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/mediatek/jpeg/mtk_jpeg_core.c
@@ -1202,6 +1202,7 @@ static int mtk_jpeg_release(struct file *file)
 	struct mtk_jpeg_dev *jpeg = video_drvdata(file);
 	struct mtk_jpeg_ctx *ctx = mtk_jpeg_file_to_ctx(file);
 
+	cancel_work_sync(&ctx->jpeg_work);
 	mutex_lock(&jpeg->lock);
 	v4l2_m2m_ctx_release(ctx->fh.m2m_ctx);
 	v4l2_ctrl_handler_free(&ctx->ctrl_hdl);