diff --git a/src/libcamera/pipeline/simple/converter.cpp b/src/libcamera/pipeline/simple/converter.cpp
index 6f4e41db2e00..550b2bcfb001 100644
--- a/src/libcamera/pipeline/simple/converter.cpp
+++ b/src/libcamera/pipeline/simple/converter.cpp
@@ -159,6 +159,8 @@ int SimpleConverter::configure(const StreamConfiguration &inputCfg,
 	V4L2DeviceFormat format;
 	format.fourcc = videoFormat;
 	format.size = inputCfg.size;
+	format.planesCount = 1;
+	format.planes[0].bpl = inputCfg.stride;
 
 	ret = m2m_->output()->setFormat(&format);
 	if (ret < 0) {
@@ -167,7 +169,8 @@ int SimpleConverter::configure(const StreamConfiguration &inputCfg,
 		return ret;
 	}
 
-	if (format.fourcc != videoFormat || format.size != inputCfg.size) {
+	if (format.fourcc != videoFormat || format.size != inputCfg.size ||
+	    format.planes[0].bpl != inputCfg.stride) {
 		LOG(SimplePipeline, Error)
 			<< "Input format not supported";
 		return -EINVAL;
diff --git a/src/libcamera/pipeline/simple/simple.cpp b/src/libcamera/pipeline/simple/simple.cpp
index 0a53fa934261..1ed67bcec490 100644
--- a/src/libcamera/pipeline/simple/simple.cpp
+++ b/src/libcamera/pipeline/simple/simple.cpp
@@ -606,6 +606,7 @@ int SimplePipelineHandler::configure(Camera *camera, CameraConfiguration *c)
 		StreamConfiguration inputCfg;
 		inputCfg.pixelFormat = pipeConfig.pixelFormat;
 		inputCfg.size = pipeConfig.captureSize;
+		inputCfg.stride = captureFormat.planes[0].bpl;
 
 		ret = converter_->configure(inputCfg, cfg);
 		if (ret < 0) {