diff --git a/components/ieee802154/driver/esp_ieee802154_ack.c b/components/ieee802154/driver/esp_ieee802154_ack.c
index 2c96bdf99b..1a94a58b22 100644
--- a/components/ieee802154/driver/esp_ieee802154_ack.c
+++ b/components/ieee802154/driver/esp_ieee802154_ack.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2023 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2023-2024 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
  */
@@ -17,9 +17,11 @@
 
 static ieee802154_pending_table_t ieee802154_pending_table;
 
-#define BIT_SET(mask, pos) ((mask) |= (1UL << (pos)))
-#define BIT_CLR(mask, pos) ((mask) &= ~(1UL << (pos)))
-#define BIT_IST(mask, pos) ((mask) & (1UL << (pos)))
+#define GET_MASK_ITEM_FROM_TABLE(mask, pos) (mask[(pos + 1) / IEEE802154_PENDING_TABLE_MASK_BITS])
+
+#define BIT_SET(mask, pos) (GET_MASK_ITEM_FROM_TABLE(mask, pos) |= (1UL << (pos % IEEE802154_PENDING_TABLE_MASK_BITS)))
+#define BIT_CLR(mask, pos) (GET_MASK_ITEM_FROM_TABLE(mask, pos) &= ~(1UL << (pos % IEEE802154_PENDING_TABLE_MASK_BITS)))
+#define BIT_IST(mask, pos) (GET_MASK_ITEM_FROM_TABLE(mask, pos) & (1UL << (pos % IEEE802154_PENDING_TABLE_MASK_BITS)))
 
 static IRAM_ATTR bool ieee802154_addr_in_pending_table(const uint8_t *addr, bool is_short)
 {
@@ -114,9 +116,9 @@ void ieee802154_reset_pending_table(bool is_short)
 {
     // Consider this function may be called in ISR, only clear the mask bits for finishing the process quickly.
     if (is_short) {
-        ieee802154_pending_table.short_addr_mask = 0;
+        memset(ieee802154_pending_table.short_addr_mask, 0, IEEE802154_PENDING_TABLE_MASK_SIZE);
     } else {
-        ieee802154_pending_table.ext_addr_mask = 0;
+        memset(ieee802154_pending_table.ext_addr_mask, 0, IEEE802154_PENDING_TABLE_MASK_SIZE);
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/components/ieee802154/private_include/esp_ieee802154_ack.h b/components/ieee802154/private_include/esp_ieee802154_ack.h
index 1b44f608b5..793600b91d 100644
--- a/components/ieee802154/private_include/esp_ieee802154_ack.h
+++ b/components/ieee802154/private_include/esp_ieee802154_ack.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2023 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2023-2024 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
  */
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 
 #include <stdint.h>
 #include <stdbool.h>
+#include "sdkconfig.h"
 #include "esp_err.h"
 #include "esp_ieee802154_frame.h"
 
@@ -18,11 +19,14 @@ extern "C" {
 /**
  * @brief The radio pending table, which is utilized to determine whether the received frame should be responded to with pending bit enabled.
  */
+
+#define IEEE802154_PENDING_TABLE_MASK_BITS (8)
+#define IEEE802154_PENDING_TABLE_MASK_SIZE ((CONFIG_IEEE802154_PENDING_TABLE_SIZE + 1) / IEEE802154_PENDING_TABLE_MASK_BITS)
 typedef struct {
     uint8_t short_addr[CONFIG_IEEE802154_PENDING_TABLE_SIZE][IEEE802154_FRAME_SHORT_ADDR_SIZE]; /*!< Short address table */
     uint8_t ext_addr[CONFIG_IEEE802154_PENDING_TABLE_SIZE][IEEE802154_FRAME_EXT_ADDR_SIZE];     /*!< Extend address table */
-    uint32_t short_addr_mask;                                                                   /*!< The mask which the index of short address table is used */
-    uint32_t ext_addr_mask;                                                                     /*!< The mask which the index of extended address table is used */
+    uint8_t short_addr_mask[IEEE802154_PENDING_TABLE_MASK_SIZE];                                /*!< The mask which the index of short address table is used */
+    uint8_t ext_addr_mask[IEEE802154_PENDING_TABLE_MASK_SIZE];                                  /*!< The mask which the index of extended address table is used */
 } ieee802154_pending_table_t;
 
 /**