diff --git a/src/ipa/raspberrypi/cam_helper.cpp b/src/ipa/raspberrypi/cam_helper.cpp
index 062e94c4fef3..1474464c9257 100644
--- a/src/ipa/raspberrypi/cam_helper.cpp
+++ b/src/ipa/raspberrypi/cam_helper.cpp
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ CamHelper::CamHelper(MdParser *parser, unsigned int frameIntegrationDiff)
 
 CamHelper::~CamHelper()
 {
-	delete parser_;
 }
 
 void CamHelper::Prepare(Span<const uint8_t> buffer,
diff --git a/src/ipa/raspberrypi/cam_helper_imx219.cpp b/src/ipa/raspberrypi/cam_helper_imx219.cpp
index ec218dce5456..d951cd552a21 100644
--- a/src/ipa/raspberrypi/cam_helper_imx219.cpp
+++ b/src/ipa/raspberrypi/cam_helper_imx219.cpp
@@ -54,11 +54,13 @@ private:
 	 * in units of lines.
 	 */
 	static constexpr int frameIntegrationDiff = 4;
+
+	MdParserImx219 imx219_parser;
 };
 
 CamHelperImx219::CamHelperImx219()
 #if ENABLE_EMBEDDED_DATA
-	: CamHelper(new MdParserImx219(), frameIntegrationDiff)
+	: CamHelper(&imx219_parser, frameIntegrationDiff)
 #else
 	: CamHelper(nullptr, frameIntegrationDiff)
 #endif
diff --git a/src/ipa/raspberrypi/cam_helper_imx477.cpp b/src/ipa/raspberrypi/cam_helper_imx477.cpp
index 25b36bce0dac..44f030ed7da9 100644
--- a/src/ipa/raspberrypi/cam_helper_imx477.cpp
+++ b/src/ipa/raspberrypi/cam_helper_imx477.cpp
@@ -47,10 +47,12 @@ private:
 	 * in units of lines.
 	 */
 	static constexpr int frameIntegrationDiff = 22;
+
+	MdParserImx477 imx477_parser;
 };
 
 CamHelperImx477::CamHelperImx477()
-	: CamHelper(new MdParserImx477(), frameIntegrationDiff)
+	: CamHelper(&imx477_parser, frameIntegrationDiff)
 {
 }