diff --git a/.changes/barcode-scanner-cancel-settles-scan.md b/.changes/barcode-scanner-cancel-settles-scan.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8d51ff25f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/barcode-scanner-cancel-settles-scan.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+"barcode-scanner": patch
+"barcode-scanner-js": patch
+---
+
+Fix `cancel()` on Android leaving the pending `scan()` promise unsettled: `destroy()` cleared the saved invoke before it was rejected, so the `"cancelled"` rejection never reached the caller. The pending scan is now rejected before the camera is torn down, matching iOS.
diff --git a/plugins/barcode-scanner/android/src/main/java/BarcodeScannerPlugin.kt b/plugins/barcode-scanner/android/src/main/java/BarcodeScannerPlugin.kt
index 957240d50..4ac921943 100644
--- a/plugins/barcode-scanner/android/src/main/java/BarcodeScannerPlugin.kt
+++ b/plugins/barcode-scanner/android/src/main/java/BarcodeScannerPlugin.kt
@@ -332,8 +332,10 @@ class BarcodeScannerPlugin(private val activity: Activity) : Plugin(activity),
 
     @Command
     fun cancel(invoke: Invoke) {
-        destroy()
+        // Reject the pending scan before destroy() clears savedInvoke, otherwise the
+        // scan() promise is never settled. Mirrors the iOS implementation.
         savedInvoke?.reject("cancelled")
+        destroy()
         invoke.resolve()
     }