diff --git a/src/android/camera_device.cpp b/src/android/camera_device.cpp
index 83825736ce31..005d95b51a0c 100644
--- a/src/android/camera_device.cpp
+++ b/src/android/camera_device.cpp
@@ -681,10 +681,17 @@ int CameraDevice::configureStreams(camera3_stream_configuration_t *stream_list)
 	for (const auto &streamConfig : streamConfigs) {
 		config->addConfiguration(streamConfig.config);
 
+		CameraStream *sourceStream = nullptr;
 		for (auto &stream : streamConfig.streams) {
+
 			streams_.emplace_back(this, config.get(), stream.type,
-					      stream.stream, config->size() - 1);
+					      stream.stream, sourceStream,
+					      config->size() - 1);
 			stream.stream->priv = static_cast<void *>(&streams_.back());
+
+			/* Mapped streams are always associated with a Direct one. */
+			if (stream.type == CameraStream::Type::Direct)
+				sourceStream = &streams_.back();
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/android/camera_stream.cpp b/src/android/camera_stream.cpp
index c21574501916..032b0407bd32 100644
--- a/src/android/camera_stream.cpp
+++ b/src/android/camera_stream.cpp
@@ -52,9 +52,11 @@ LOG_DECLARE_CATEGORY(HAL)
 
 CameraStream::CameraStream(CameraDevice *const cameraDevice,
 			   CameraConfiguration *config, Type type,
-			   camera3_stream_t *camera3Stream, unsigned int index)
+			   camera3_stream_t *camera3Stream,
+			   CameraStream *const sourceStream, unsigned int index)
 	: cameraDevice_(cameraDevice), config_(config), type_(type),
-	  camera3Stream_(camera3Stream), index_(index)
+	  camera3Stream_(camera3Stream), sourceStream_(sourceStream),
+	  index_(index)
 {
 }
 
diff --git a/src/android/camera_stream.h b/src/android/camera_stream.h
index f9504462b253..4c5078b2c26d 100644
--- a/src/android/camera_stream.h
+++ b/src/android/camera_stream.h
@@ -114,7 +114,9 @@ public:
 	};
 	CameraStream(CameraDevice *const cameraDevice,
 		     libcamera::CameraConfiguration *config, Type type,
-		     camera3_stream_t *camera3Stream, unsigned int index);
+		     camera3_stream_t *camera3Stream,
+		     CameraStream *const sourceStream,
+		     unsigned int index);
 	CameraStream(CameraStream &&other);
 	~CameraStream();
 
@@ -122,6 +124,7 @@ public:
 	camera3_stream_t *camera3Stream() const { return camera3Stream_; }
 	const libcamera::StreamConfiguration &configuration() const;
 	libcamera::Stream *stream() const;
+	CameraStream *sourceStream() const { return sourceStream_; }
 
 	int configure();
 	int process(Camera3RequestDescriptor::StreamBuffer *streamBuffer);
@@ -167,6 +170,7 @@ private:
 	const libcamera::CameraConfiguration *config_;
 	const Type type_;
 	camera3_stream_t *camera3Stream_;
+	CameraStream *const sourceStream_;
 	const unsigned int index_;
 
 	std::unique_ptr<PlatformFrameBufferAllocator> allocator_;