diff --git a/components/esp_driver_dma/include/esp_private/dma2d.h b/components/esp_driver_dma/include/esp_private/dma2d.h
index 9c488ef7a84..759490a042e 100644
--- a/components/esp_driver_dma/include/esp_private/dma2d.h
+++ b/components/esp_driver_dma/include/esp_private/dma2d.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2023-2024 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2023-2026 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
  */
@@ -152,6 +152,29 @@ typedef struct {
  */
 esp_err_t dma2d_enqueue(dma2d_pool_handle_t dma2d_pool, const dma2d_trans_config_t *trans_desc, dma2d_trans_t *trans_placeholder);
 
+/**
+ * @brief Dequeue a pending 2D-DMA transaction from a 2D-DMA pool
+ *
+ * Remove a transaction that was previously enqueued by `dma2d_enqueue` but has not yet been picked up for
+ * processing (i.e. it is still waiting in the pool's pending queue). This is useful when the upper driver wants
+ * to cancel a transaction that has not started yet.
+ *
+ * @note This API only operates on transactions that are still pending. To end a transaction that is already
+ *       in-flight (its channels have been acquired), use `dma2d_force_end` instead.
+ *
+ * @note After this function returns ESP_OK, the upper driver can safely free the transaction placeholder, as the
+ *       `on_job_picked` callback of the transaction will no longer be called.
+ *
+ * @param[in] dma2d_pool 2D-DMA pool handle, allocated by `dma2d_acquire_pool`
+ * @param[in] trans Pointer to the 2D-DMA transaction context
+ * @return
+ *      - ESP_OK: Dequeue the pending 2D-DMA transaction successfully
+ *      - ESP_ERR_INVALID_ARG: Dequeue failed because of invalid argument
+ *      - ESP_ERR_NOT_FOUND: The transaction is not in the pending queue, because it has already been picked up
+ *                           for processing or it was never enqueued to this pool
+ */
+esp_err_t dma2d_dequeue(dma2d_pool_handle_t dma2d_pool, dma2d_trans_t *trans);
+
 /**
  * @brief Force end an in-flight 2D-DMA transaction
  *
diff --git a/components/esp_driver_dma/src/dma2d.c b/components/esp_driver_dma/src/dma2d.c
index 4dbb3717813..33e4fba8695 100644
--- a/components/esp_driver_dma/src/dma2d.c
+++ b/components/esp_driver_dma/src/dma2d.c
@@ -215,6 +215,7 @@ static bool free_up_channels(dma2d_group_t *group, dma2d_rx_channel_t *rx_chan)
     // 2. Check if next pending transaction in the tailq can start
     bool channels_found = false;
     const dma2d_trans_config_t *next_trans = NULL;
+    uint32_t total_channel_num = 0;
     dma2d_trans_channel_info_t channel_handle_array[DMA2D_MAX_CHANNEL_NUM_PER_TRANSACTION];
 
     esp_os_enter_critical_safe(&group->spinlock);
@@ -234,14 +235,9 @@ static bool free_up_channels(dma2d_group_t *group, dma2d_rx_channel_t *rx_chan)
 
     if (channels_found) {
         TAILQ_REMOVE(&group->pending_trans_tailq, next_trans_elm, entry);
-    }
-    esp_os_exit_critical_safe(&group->spinlock);
-
-    if (channels_found) {
-        // If the transaction can be processed, let consumer handle the transaction
-        uint32_t total_channel_num = next_trans->tx_channel_num + next_trans->rx_channel_num;
         // Store the acquired rx_chan into trans_elm (dma2d_trans_t) in case upper driver later need it to call `dma2d_force_end`
         // Upper driver controls the life cycle of trans_elm
+        total_channel_num = next_trans->tx_channel_num + next_trans->rx_channel_num;
         for (int i = 0; i < total_channel_num; i++) {
             if (channel_handle_array[i].dir == DMA2D_CHANNEL_DIRECTION_RX) {
                 next_trans_elm->rx_chan = channel_handle_array[i].chan;
@@ -249,6 +245,11 @@ static bool free_up_channels(dma2d_group_t *group, dma2d_rx_channel_t *rx_chan)
             // Also save the transaction pointer
             channel_handle_array[i].chan->status.transaction = next_trans_elm;
         }
+    }
+    esp_os_exit_critical_safe(&group->spinlock);
+
+    if (channels_found) {
+        // If the transaction can be processed, let consumer handle the transaction
         need_yield |= next_trans->on_job_picked(total_channel_num, channel_handle_array, next_trans->user_config);
     }
     return need_yield;
@@ -1035,6 +1036,32 @@ err:
     return ret;
 }
 
+esp_err_t dma2d_dequeue(dma2d_pool_handle_t dma2d_pool, dma2d_trans_t *trans)
+{
+    ESP_RETURN_ON_FALSE(dma2d_pool && trans, ESP_ERR_INVALID_ARG, TAG, "invalid argument");
+    dma2d_group_t *dma2d_group = dma2d_pool;
+
+    bool found = false;
+    esp_os_enter_critical(&dma2d_group->spinlock);
+    // The given transaction may have already been picked up (and thus removed from the queue) or may never
+    // have been enqueued. Removing such an element directly would corrupt the queue, so search the queue
+    // first and only remove it if it is genuinely still pending.
+    dma2d_trans_t *trans_elm;
+    TAILQ_FOREACH(trans_elm, &dma2d_group->pending_trans_tailq, entry) {
+        if (trans_elm == trans) {
+            // Safe to remove inside the loop because we break out immediately and never dereference the invalidated link pointer afterwards
+            TAILQ_REMOVE(&dma2d_group->pending_trans_tailq, trans, entry);
+            found = true;
+            break;
+        }
+    }
+    esp_os_exit_critical(&dma2d_group->spinlock);
+
+    // ESP_ERR_NOT_FOUND indicates the transaction is no longer (or was never) pending
+    // i.e. it has already been picked up for processing or it does not exist in this pool's queue
+    return found ? ESP_OK : ESP_ERR_NOT_FOUND;
+}
+
 esp_err_t dma2d_force_end(dma2d_trans_t *trans, bool *need_yield)
 {
     ESP_RETURN_ON_FALSE_ISR(trans && trans->rx_chan && need_yield, ESP_ERR_INVALID_ARG, TAG, "invalid argument");
diff --git a/components/esp_driver_jpeg/jpeg_decode.c b/components/esp_driver_jpeg/jpeg_decode.c
index f894339f11c..a5cffab6cd5 100644
--- a/components/esp_driver_jpeg/jpeg_decode.c
+++ b/components/esp_driver_jpeg/jpeg_decode.c
@@ -368,7 +368,14 @@ esp_err_t jpeg_decoder_process(jpeg_decoder_handle_t decoder_engine, const jpeg_
     return ESP_OK;
 
 err1:
-    dma2d_force_end(decoder_engine->trans_desc, &need_yield);
+    // The transaction may still be pending in the pool queue (never picked up), so try to dequeue it first.
+    // Dequeuing is atomic against the pick that turns a pending transaction into an in-flight one, so if the
+    // transaction is no longer in the queue, it is already in-flight and we force end it instead.
+    if (dma2d_dequeue(decoder_engine->dma2d_group_handle, decoder_engine->trans_desc) != ESP_OK) {
+        if (dma2d_force_end(decoder_engine->trans_desc, &need_yield) != ESP_OK) {
+            ESP_LOGE(TAG, "failed to end the transaction, it is neither pending nor in-flight");
+        }
+    }
 err2:
     xSemaphoreGive(decoder_engine->codec_base->codec_mutex);
 #if CONFIG_PM_ENABLE
diff --git a/components/esp_driver_jpeg/jpeg_encode.c b/components/esp_driver_jpeg/jpeg_encode.c
index 9fa895fa996..d15c84e8e32 100644
--- a/components/esp_driver_jpeg/jpeg_encode.c
+++ b/components/esp_driver_jpeg/jpeg_encode.c
@@ -334,7 +334,14 @@ esp_err_t jpeg_encoder_process(jpeg_encoder_handle_t encoder_engine, const jpeg_
     return ESP_OK;
 
 err1:
-    dma2d_force_end(encoder_engine->trans_desc, &need_yield);
+    // The transaction may still be pending in the pool queue (never picked up), so try to dequeue it first.
+    // Dequeuing is atomic against the pick that turns a pending transaction into an in-flight one, so if the
+    // transaction is no longer in the queue, it is already in-flight and we force end it instead.
+    if (dma2d_dequeue(encoder_engine->dma2d_group_handle, encoder_engine->trans_desc) != ESP_OK) {
+        if (dma2d_force_end(encoder_engine->trans_desc, &need_yield) != ESP_OK) {
+            ESP_LOGE(TAG, "failed to end the transaction, it is neither pending nor in-flight");
+        }
+    }
 err2:
     xSemaphoreGive(encoder_engine->codec_base->codec_mutex);
 #if CONFIG_PM_ENABLE