diff --git a/components/esp_driver_usb_serial_jtag/src/usb_serial_jtag_vfs.c b/components/esp_driver_usb_serial_jtag/src/usb_serial_jtag_vfs.c
index c6a3aac01d6..f2b2e4ee993 100644
--- a/components/esp_driver_usb_serial_jtag/src/usb_serial_jtag_vfs.c
+++ b/components/esp_driver_usb_serial_jtag/src/usb_serial_jtag_vfs.c
@@ -176,6 +176,10 @@ static int usb_serial_jtag_rx_char(int fd)
 
 static ssize_t usb_serial_jtag_write(int fd, const void * data, size_t size)
 {
+    if (!usb_serial_jtag_is_connected()) {
+        // TODO: IDF-14303
+        return -1;
+    }
     const char *data_c = (const char *)data;
     /*  Even though newlib does stream locking on each individual stream, we need
      *  a dedicated lock if two streams (stdout and stderr) point to the
@@ -220,6 +224,10 @@ static void usb_serial_jtag_return_char(int fd, int c)
 
 static ssize_t usb_serial_jtag_read(int fd, void* data, size_t size)
 {
+    if (!usb_serial_jtag_is_connected()) {
+        // TODO: IDF-14303
+        return -1;
+    }
     char *data_c = (char *) data;
     size_t received = 0;
     size_t available_size = 0;
@@ -323,6 +331,10 @@ static int usb_serial_jtag_fcntl(int fd, int cmd, int arg)
 
 static int usb_serial_jtag_fsync(int fd)
 {
+    if (!usb_serial_jtag_is_connected()) {
+        // TODO: IDF-14303
+        return -1;
+    }
     _lock_acquire_recursive(&s_ctx.write_lock);
     usb_serial_jtag_ll_txfifo_flush();
     //Wait for the host to have picked up the buffer, but honour the timeout in
diff --git a/components/esp_pm/test_apps/esp_pm/main/CMakeLists.txt b/components/esp_pm/test_apps/esp_pm/main/CMakeLists.txt
index 48c7ad8ed7a..8f23c7c0574 100644
--- a/components/esp_pm/test_apps/esp_pm/main/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/components/esp_pm/test_apps/esp_pm/main/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -5,5 +5,5 @@ set(sources "test_app_main.c"
 # the component must be registered as a WHOLE_ARCHIVE
 idf_component_register(SRCS ${sources}
                        INCLUDE_DIRS "."
-                       PRIV_REQUIRES unity esp_pm ulp driver esp_timer esp_psram
+                       PRIV_REQUIRES unity esp_pm ulp driver esp_timer esp_psram esp_vfs_console
                        WHOLE_ARCHIVE)
diff --git a/components/esp_pm/test_apps/esp_pm/main/test_pm.c b/components/esp_pm/test_apps/esp_pm/main/test_pm.c
index dfba174a243..d08e5900545 100644
--- a/components/esp_pm/test_apps/esp_pm/main/test_pm.c
+++ b/components/esp_pm/test_apps/esp_pm/main/test_pm.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022-2024 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022-2025 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: Unlicense OR CC0-1.0
  */
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <stdint.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
 #include <time.h>
 #include <sys/time.h>
 #include <sys/param.h>
@@ -397,6 +398,29 @@ TEST_CASE("esp_timer with SKIP_UNHANDLED_EVENTS does not wake up CPU from sleep"
     TEST_ESP_OK(esp_timer_delete(periodic_timer));
 }
 
+TEST_CASE("Test USJ printing doesn't block CPU on chip wake-up", "[pm]")
+{
+    light_sleep_enable();
+    fflush(stdout);
+    fsync(fileno(stdout));
+    int64_t printing_time_cost_us = 0, time_end, time_start;
+
+    for (int i = 0; i < 20; ++i)
+    {
+        time_start = esp_timer_get_time();
+        printf("Dummy print %02d\n", i);
+        fflush(stdout);
+        fsync(fileno(stdout));
+        time_end = esp_timer_get_time();
+        printing_time_cost_us += time_end - time_start;
+        vTaskDelay(10);
+    }
+    int32_t avg_cost = (int32_t)(printing_time_cost_us / 20);
+    printf("Average cost per print %ld\n", avg_cost);
+    TEST_ASSERT_LESS_THAN(5000, avg_cost);
+    light_sleep_disable();
+}
+
 #endif // CONFIG_FREERTOS_USE_TICKLESS_IDLE
 
 #endif // CONFIG_PM_ENABLE