diff --git a/src/android/camera_hal_manager.cpp b/src/android/camera_hal_manager.cpp
index b3c85406..b501f8db 100644
--- a/src/android/camera_hal_manager.cpp
+++ b/src/android/camera_hal_manager.cpp
@@ -34,18 +34,12 @@ CameraHalManager::CameraHalManager()
 {
 }

-CameraHalManager::~CameraHalManager()
-{
-	if (cameraManager_) {
-		cameraManager_->stop();
-		delete cameraManager_;
-		cameraManager_ = nullptr;
-	}
-}
+/* CameraManager calls stop() in the destructor. */
+CameraHalManager::~CameraHalManager() = default;

 int CameraHalManager::init()
 {
-	cameraManager_ = new CameraManager();
+	cameraManager_ = std::make_unique<CameraManager>();

 	/* Support camera hotplug. */
 	cameraManager_->cameraAdded.connect(this, &CameraHalManager::cameraAdded);
@@ -55,8 +49,7 @@ int CameraHalManager::init()
 	if (ret) {
 		LOG(HAL, Error) << "Failed to start camera manager: "
 				<< strerror(-ret);
-		delete cameraManager_;
-		cameraManager_ = nullptr;
+		cameraManager_.reset();
 		return ret;
 	}

diff --git a/src/android/camera_hal_manager.h b/src/android/camera_hal_manager.h
index 65bb3554..dc4e37e5 100644
--- a/src/android/camera_hal_manager.h
+++ b/src/android/camera_hal_manager.h
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ private:

 	CameraDevice *cameraDeviceFromHalId(unsigned int id);

-	libcamera::CameraManager *cameraManager_;
+	std::unique_ptr<libcamera::CameraManager> cameraManager_;

 	const camera_module_callbacks_t *callbacks_;
 	std::vector<std::unique_ptr<CameraDevice>> cameras_;