diff --git a/src/libcamera/pipeline/ipu3/ipu3.cpp b/src/libcamera/pipeline/ipu3/ipu3.cpp
index 6a7f5b9a..3fcfa777 100644
--- a/src/libcamera/pipeline/ipu3/ipu3.cpp
+++ b/src/libcamera/pipeline/ipu3/ipu3.cpp
@@ -667,8 +667,6 @@ int PipelineHandlerIPU3::configure(Camera *camera, CameraConfiguration *c)
 		return ret;
 	}
 
-	data->delayedCtrls_->reset();
-
 	return updateControls(data);
 }
 
@@ -769,6 +767,12 @@ int PipelineHandlerIPU3::start(Camera *camera, [[maybe_unused]] const ControlLis
 	if (ret)
 		goto error;
 
+	/*
+	 * Reset the delayed controls with the gain and exposure values set by
+	 * the IPA.
+	 */
+	data->delayedCtrls_->reset();
+
 	/*
 	 * Start the ImgU video devices, buffers will be queued to the
 	 * ImgU output and viewfinder when requests will be queued.