diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/nxp/imx-jpeg/mxc-jpeg-hw.c b/drivers/media/platform/nxp/imx-jpeg/mxc-jpeg-hw.c
index c482228262a3..9418fcf740a8 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/nxp/imx-jpeg/mxc-jpeg-hw.c
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/nxp/imx-jpeg/mxc-jpeg-hw.c
@@ -79,6 +79,11 @@ void mxc_jpeg_enable_irq(void __iomem *reg, int slot)
 	writel(0xFFFFFFFF, reg + MXC_SLOT_OFFSET(slot, SLOT_IRQ_EN));
 }
 
+void mxc_jpeg_disable_irq(void __iomem *reg, int slot)
+{
+	writel(0x0, reg + MXC_SLOT_OFFSET(slot, SLOT_IRQ_EN));
+}
+
 void mxc_jpeg_sw_reset(void __iomem *reg)
 {
 	/*
diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/nxp/imx-jpeg/mxc-jpeg-hw.h b/drivers/media/platform/nxp/imx-jpeg/mxc-jpeg-hw.h
index 07655502f4bd..ecf3b6562ba2 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/nxp/imx-jpeg/mxc-jpeg-hw.h
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/nxp/imx-jpeg/mxc-jpeg-hw.h
@@ -126,6 +126,7 @@ u32 mxc_jpeg_get_offset(void __iomem *reg, int slot);
 void mxc_jpeg_enable_slot(void __iomem *reg, int slot);
 void mxc_jpeg_set_l_endian(void __iomem *reg, int le);
 void mxc_jpeg_enable_irq(void __iomem *reg, int slot);
+void mxc_jpeg_disable_irq(void __iomem *reg, int slot);
 int mxc_jpeg_set_input(void __iomem *reg, u32 in_buf, u32 bufsize);
 int mxc_jpeg_set_output(void __iomem *reg, u16 out_pitch, u32 out_buf,
 			u16 w, u16 h);
diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/nxp/imx-jpeg/mxc-jpeg.c b/drivers/media/platform/nxp/imx-jpeg/mxc-jpeg.c
index 965021d3c7ef..c65d480c27ff 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/nxp/imx-jpeg/mxc-jpeg.c
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/nxp/imx-jpeg/mxc-jpeg.c
@@ -592,15 +592,8 @@ static irqreturn_t mxc_jpeg_dec_irq(int irq, void *priv)
 	dev_dbg(dev, "Irq %d on slot %d.\n", irq, slot);
 
 	ctx = v4l2_m2m_get_curr_priv(jpeg->m2m_dev);
-	if (!ctx) {
-		dev_err(dev,
-			"Instance released before the end of transaction.\n");
-		/* soft reset only resets internal state, not registers */
-		mxc_jpeg_sw_reset(reg);
-		/* clear all interrupts */
-		writel(0xFFFFFFFF, reg + MXC_SLOT_OFFSET(slot, SLOT_STATUS));
+	if (WARN_ON(!ctx))
 		goto job_unlock;
-	}
 
 	if (slot != ctx->slot) {
 		/* TODO investigate when adding multi-instance support */
@@ -673,6 +666,7 @@ static irqreturn_t mxc_jpeg_dec_irq(int irq, void *priv)
 	buf_state = VB2_BUF_STATE_DONE;
 
 buffers_done:
+	mxc_jpeg_disable_irq(reg, ctx->slot);
 	jpeg->slot_data[slot].used = false; /* unused, but don't free */
 	mxc_jpeg_check_and_set_last_buffer(ctx, src_buf, dst_buf);
 	v4l2_m2m_src_buf_remove(ctx->fh.m2m_ctx);