diff --git a/src/libcamera/include/pipeline_handler.h b/src/libcamera/include/pipeline_handler.h
index 84307e408772..36f0b84c0d6c 100644
--- a/src/libcamera/include/pipeline_handler.h
+++ b/src/libcamera/include/pipeline_handler.h
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ public:
 	PipelineHandlerFactory(const char *name);
 	virtual ~PipelineHandlerFactory() { };
 
-	virtual std::shared_ptr<PipelineHandler> create(CameraManager *manager) = 0;
+	std::shared_ptr<PipelineHandler> create(CameraManager *manager);
 
 	const std::string &name() const { return name_; }
 
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ public:
 	static std::vector<PipelineHandlerFactory *> &factories();
 
 protected:
-	void setInfo(PipelineHandler *handler, const char *name);
+	virtual PipelineHandler *createInstance(CameraManager *manager) = 0;
 
 private:
 	std::string name_;
@@ -126,12 +126,9 @@ class handler##Factory final : public PipelineHandlerFactory		\
 {									\
 public:									\
 	handler##Factory() : PipelineHandlerFactory(#handler) {}	\
-	std::shared_ptr<PipelineHandler> create(CameraManager *manager)	\
+	PipelineHandler *createInstance(CameraManager *manager)		\
 	{								\
-		std::shared_ptr<handler> h =				\
-			std::make_shared<handler>(manager);		\
-		setInfo(h.get(), #handler);				\
-		return h;						\
+		return new handler(manager);				\
 	}								\
 };									\
 static handler##Factory global_##handler##Factory;
diff --git a/src/libcamera/pipeline_handler.cpp b/src/libcamera/pipeline_handler.cpp
index 800931d81337..af19f4a33187 100644
--- a/src/libcamera/pipeline_handler.cpp
+++ b/src/libcamera/pipeline_handler.cpp
@@ -539,17 +539,18 @@ PipelineHandlerFactory::PipelineHandlerFactory(const char *name)
 }
 
 /**
- * \fn PipelineHandlerFactory::create()
  * \brief Create an instance of the PipelineHandler corresponding to the factory
  * \param[in] manager The camera manager
  *
- * This virtual function is implemented by the REGISTER_PIPELINE_HANDLER()
- * macro. It creates a pipeline handler instance associated with the camera
- * \a manager.
- *
- * \return a pointer to a newly constructed instance of the PipelineHandler
- * subclass corresponding to the factory
+ * \return A shared pointer to a new instance of the PipelineHandler subclass
+ * corresponding to the factory
  */
+std::shared_ptr<PipelineHandler> PipelineHandlerFactory::create(CameraManager *manager)
+{
+	PipelineHandler *handler = createInstance(manager);
+	handler->name_ = name_.c_str();
+	return std::shared_ptr<PipelineHandler>(handler);
+}
 
 /**
  * \fn PipelineHandlerFactory::name()
@@ -589,15 +590,17 @@ std::vector<PipelineHandlerFactory *> &PipelineHandlerFactory::factories()
 }
 
 /**
- * \brief Set the information of a given pipeline handler
- * \param[in] handler The handler whose info is to be set
- * \param[in] name The name of the pipeline handler
+ * \fn PipelineHandlerFactory::createInstance()
+ * \brief Create an instance of the PipelineHandler corresponding to the factory
+ * \param[in] manager The camera manager
+ *
+ * This virtual function is implemented by the REGISTER_PIPELINE_HANDLER()
+ * macro. It creates a pipeline handler instance associated with the camera
+ * \a manager.
+ *
+ * \return a pointer to a newly constructed instance of the PipelineHandler
+ * subclass corresponding to the factory
  */
-void PipelineHandlerFactory::setInfo(PipelineHandler *handler,
-				     const char *name)
-{
-	handler->name_ = name;
-}
 
 /**
  * \def REGISTER_PIPELINE_HANDLER