diff --git a/src/android/camera_device.cpp b/src/android/camera_device.cpp
index 3d6a2bed..1ae4ac73 100644
--- a/src/android/camera_device.cpp
+++ b/src/android/camera_device.cpp
@@ -1131,6 +1131,8 @@ void CameraDevice::requestComplete(Request *request)
 		resultMetadata = std::make_unique<CameraMetadata>(0, 0);
 	}
 
+	descriptor->resultMetadata_ = std::move(resultMetadata);
+
 	/* Handle any JPEG compression. */
 	for (camera3_stream_buffer_t &buffer : descriptor->buffers_) {
 		CameraStream *cameraStream =
@@ -1150,7 +1152,7 @@ void CameraDevice::requestComplete(Request *request)
 
 		int ret = cameraStream->process(src, *buffer.buffer,
 						descriptor->settings_,
-						resultMetadata.get());
+						descriptor->resultMetadata_.get());
 		/*
 		 * Return the FrameBuffer to the CameraStream now that we're
 		 * done processing it.
@@ -1165,7 +1167,7 @@ void CameraDevice::requestComplete(Request *request)
 		}
 	}
 
-	captureResult.result = resultMetadata->get();
+	captureResult.result = descriptor->resultMetadata_->get();
 	callbacks_->process_capture_result(callbacks_, &captureResult);
 
 	descriptors_.pop_front();
diff --git a/src/android/camera_device.h b/src/android/camera_device.h
index 59d6cd39..b2871e52 100644
--- a/src/android/camera_device.h
+++ b/src/android/camera_device.h
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ struct Camera3RequestDescriptor {
 	std::vector<std::unique_ptr<libcamera::FrameBuffer>> frameBuffers_;
 	CameraMetadata settings_;
 	std::unique_ptr<CaptureRequest> request_;
+	std::unique_ptr<CameraMetadata> resultMetadata_;
 };
 
 class CameraDevice : protected libcamera::Loggable