diff --git a/src/libcamera/pipeline/simple/simple.cpp b/src/libcamera/pipeline/simple/simple.cpp
index 4b6f708e8fee..45ecefc59851 100644
--- a/src/libcamera/pipeline/simple/simple.cpp
+++ b/src/libcamera/pipeline/simple/simple.cpp
@@ -386,7 +386,7 @@ int SimpleCameraData::setupFormats(V4L2SubdeviceFormat *format,
 
 		if (source->entity() != sensor_->entity()) {
 			V4L2Subdevice *subdev = pipe->subdev(source->entity());
-			ret = subdev->getFormat(source->index(), format, whence);
+			ret = subdev->setFormat(source->index(), format, whence);
 			if (ret < 0)
 				return ret;
 		}