diff --git a/src/libcamera/camera_sensor.cpp b/src/libcamera/camera_sensor.cpp
index 935de528c496..2af0b0a8db52 100644
--- a/src/libcamera/camera_sensor.cpp
+++ b/src/libcamera/camera_sensor.cpp
@@ -526,6 +526,15 @@ int CameraSensor::sensorInfo(CameraSensorInfo *info) const
 			<< "the camera sensor does not report the crop rectangle";
 		return ret;
 	}
+	/*
+	 * CameraSensorInfo::analogCrop::x and CameraSensorInfo::analogCrop::y
+	 * are defined in respect to the active pixel area, while V4L2's
+	 * TGT_CROP target is defined in respect to the native pixel array.
+	 *
+	 * Compensate it subtracting the active areas offset.
+	 */
+	info->analogCrop.x -= rect.x;
+	info->analogCrop.y -= rect.y;
 
 	/* The bit depth and image size depend on the currently applied format. */
 	V4L2SubdeviceFormat format{};