diff --git a/src/libcamera/pipeline/rkisp1/rkisp1.cpp b/src/libcamera/pipeline/rkisp1/rkisp1.cpp
index 2352ab3b234a..c74a2e9bd548 100644
--- a/src/libcamera/pipeline/rkisp1/rkisp1.cpp
+++ b/src/libcamera/pipeline/rkisp1/rkisp1.cpp
@@ -1107,10 +1107,13 @@ bool PipelineHandlerRkISP1::match(DeviceEnumerator *enumerator)
 	if (!pad)
 		return false;
 
-	for (MediaLink *link : pad->links())
-		createCamera(link->source()->entity());
+	bool registered = false;
+	for (MediaLink *link : pad->links()) {
+		if (!createCamera(link->source()->entity()))
+			registered = true;
+	}
 
-	return true;
+	return registered;
 }
 
 /* -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/src/libcamera/pipeline/simple/simple.cpp b/src/libcamera/pipeline/simple/simple.cpp
index 8c00c0ffc121..8868a43beeb4 100644
--- a/src/libcamera/pipeline/simple/simple.cpp
+++ b/src/libcamera/pipeline/simple/simple.cpp
@@ -821,6 +821,8 @@ bool SimplePipelineHandler::match(DeviceEnumerator *enumerator)
 	}
 
 	/* Initialize each pipeline and register a corresponding camera. */
+	bool registered = false;
+
 	for (std::unique_ptr<SimpleCameraData> &data : pipelines) {
 		int ret = data->init();
 		if (ret < 0)
@@ -830,9 +832,10 @@ bool SimplePipelineHandler::match(DeviceEnumerator *enumerator)
 			Camera::create(this, data->sensor_->id(),
 				       data->streams());
 		registerCamera(std::move(camera), std::move(data));
+		registered = true;
 	}
 
-	return true;
+	return registered;
 }
 
 V4L2VideoDevice *SimplePipelineHandler::video(const MediaEntity *entity)