diff --git a/src/android/camera_stream.cpp b/src/android/camera_stream.cpp
index 032b0407bd32..eeeb238f395c 100644
--- a/src/android/camera_stream.cpp
+++ b/src/android/camera_stream.cpp
@@ -128,10 +128,8 @@ int CameraStream::configure()
 		worker_->start();
 	}
 
-	if (type_ == Type::Internal) {
-		allocator_ = std::make_unique<PlatformFrameBufferAllocator>(cameraDevice_);
-		mutex_ = std::make_unique<Mutex>();
-	}
+	allocator_ = std::make_unique<PlatformFrameBufferAllocator>(cameraDevice_);
+	mutex_ = std::make_unique<Mutex>();
 
 	camera3Stream_->max_buffers = configuration().bufferCount;