diff --git a/src/android/camera_hal_manager.cpp b/src/android/camera_hal_manager.cpp
index bf3fcda75237..f79789b5bfb8 100644
--- a/src/android/camera_hal_manager.cpp
+++ b/src/android/camera_hal_manager.cpp
@@ -39,13 +39,17 @@ CameraHalManager::~CameraHalManager() = default;
 
 int CameraHalManager::init()
 {
+	int ret = halConfig_.open();
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
 	cameraManager_ = std::make_unique<CameraManager>();
 
 	/* Support camera hotplug. */
 	cameraManager_->cameraAdded.connect(this, &CameraHalManager::cameraAdded);
 	cameraManager_->cameraRemoved.connect(this, &CameraHalManager::cameraRemoved);
 
-	int ret = cameraManager_->start();
+	ret = cameraManager_->start();
 	if (ret) {
 		LOG(HAL, Error) << "Failed to start camera manager: "
 				<< strerror(-ret);
diff --git a/src/android/camera_hal_manager.h b/src/android/camera_hal_manager.h
index d9bf27989965..af1581da6579 100644
--- a/src/android/camera_hal_manager.h
+++ b/src/android/camera_hal_manager.h
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@
 
 #include <libcamera/camera_manager.h>
 
+#include "camera_hal_config.h"
+
 class CameraDevice;
 
 class CameraHalManager
@@ -50,6 +52,7 @@ private:
 	CameraDevice *cameraDeviceFromHalId(unsigned int id);
 
 	std::unique_ptr<libcamera::CameraManager> cameraManager_;
+	CameraHalConfig halConfig_;
 
 	const camera_module_callbacks_t *callbacks_;
 	std::vector<std::unique_ptr<CameraDevice>> cameras_;