diff --git a/src/libcamera/pipeline/ipu3/ipu3.cpp b/src/libcamera/pipeline/ipu3/ipu3.cpp
index db0d6b91be70..a9c8e180d1c4 100644
--- a/src/libcamera/pipeline/ipu3/ipu3.cpp
+++ b/src/libcamera/pipeline/ipu3/ipu3.cpp
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ public:
 	Stream rawStream_;
 
 	uint32_t exposureTime_;
+	Rectangle cropRegion;
 };
 
 class IPU3CameraConfiguration : public CameraConfiguration
@@ -472,6 +473,10 @@ int PipelineHandlerIPU3::configure(Camera *camera, CameraConfiguration *c)
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
+	CameraSensorInfo sensorInfo;
+	cio2->sensor()->sensorInfo(&sensorInfo);
+	data->cropRegion = sensorInfo.analogCrop;
+
 	/*
 	 * If the ImgU gets configured, its driver seems to expect that
 	 * buffers will be queued to its outputs, as otherwise the next
@@ -967,10 +972,10 @@ void IPU3CameraData::imguOutputBufferReady(FrameBuffer *buffer)
 	/* \todo Move the ExposureTime control to the IPA. */
 	request->metadata().set(controls::ExposureTime, exposureTime_);
 	/* \todo Actually apply the scaler crop region to the ImgU. */
-	if (request->controls().contains(controls::ScalerCrop)) {
-		Rectangle cropRegion = request->controls().get(controls::ScalerCrop);
-		request->metadata().set(controls::ScalerCrop, cropRegion);
-	}
+	if (request->controls().contains(controls::ScalerCrop))
+		cropRegion = request->controls().get(controls::ScalerCrop);
+	request->metadata().set(controls::ScalerCrop, cropRegion);
+
 	pipe_->completeRequest(request);
 }