diff --git a/src/libcamera/pipeline/ipu3/ipu3.cpp b/src/libcamera/pipeline/ipu3/ipu3.cpp
index 00da2bb26e41..7ab3a5bfdccb 100644
--- a/src/libcamera/pipeline/ipu3/ipu3.cpp
+++ b/src/libcamera/pipeline/ipu3/ipu3.cpp
@@ -764,13 +764,13 @@ void PipelineHandlerIPU3::stop(Camera *camera)
 	IPU3CameraData *data = cameraData(camera);
 	int ret = 0;
 
+	data->ipa_->stop();
+
 	ret |= data->imgu_->stop();
 	ret |= data->cio2_.stop();
 	if (ret)
 		LOG(IPU3, Warning) << "Failed to stop camera " << camera->id();
 
-	data->ipa_->stop();
-
 	freeBuffers(camera);
 }