diff --git a/native/core/src/execution/jni_api.rs b/native/core/src/execution/jni_api.rs
index e0a395ebbf..5d9bd0a2ce 100644
--- a/native/core/src/execution/jni_api.rs
+++ b/native/core/src/execution/jni_api.rs
@@ -159,6 +159,8 @@ struct ExecutionContext {
     pub stream: Option<SendableRecordBatchStream>,
     /// Receives batches from a spawned tokio task (async I/O path)
     pub batch_receiver: Option<mpsc::Receiver<DataFusionResult<RecordBatch>>>,
+    /// Handle to the spawned tokio task so we can wait for it during cleanup
+    pub task_handle: Option<tokio::task::JoinHandle<()>>,
     /// Native metrics
     pub metrics: Arc<GlobalRef>,
     // The interval in milliseconds to update metrics
@@ -317,6 +319,7 @@ pub unsafe extern "system" fn Java_org_apache_comet_Native_createPlan(
                 input_sources,
                 stream: None,
                 batch_receiver: None,
+                task_handle: None,
                 metrics,
                 metrics_update_interval,
                 metrics_last_update_time: Instant::now(),
@@ -579,7 +582,7 @@ pub unsafe extern "system" fn Java_org_apache_comet_Native_executePlan(
                     // decreasing to 1 would serialize production and consumption.
                     let (tx, rx) = mpsc::channel(2);
                     let mut stream = stream;
-                    get_runtime().spawn(async move {
+                    let handle = get_runtime().spawn(async move {
                         let result = std::panic::AssertUnwindSafe(async {
                             while let Some(batch) = stream.next().await {
                                 if tx.send(batch).await.is_err() {
@@ -606,6 +609,7 @@ pub unsafe extern "system" fn Java_org_apache_comet_Native_executePlan(
                         }
                     });
                     exec_context.batch_receiver = Some(rx);
+                    exec_context.task_handle = Some(handle);
                 } else {
                     exec_context.stream = Some(stream);
                 }
@@ -701,6 +705,17 @@ pub extern "system" fn Java_org_apache_comet_Native_releasePlan(
             execution_context.task_attempt_id,
         );
 
+        // If a tokio task was spawned for async execution, wait for it to
+        // complete before dropping the context. This ensures all
+        // MemoryReservations held by the stream are released back to Spark
+        // before Spark calls cleanUpAllAllocatedMemory().
+        if let Some(handle) = execution_context.task_handle.take() {
+            // Drop the receiver first so the task sees a closed channel
+            // and exits its loop.
+            execution_context.batch_receiver.take();
+            let _ = get_runtime().block_on(handle);
+        }
+
         let _: Box<ExecutionContext> = Box::from_raw(execution_context);
         Ok(())
     })