diff --git a/src/cam/kms_sink.cpp b/src/cam/kms_sink.cpp
index d30fba78..973cd370 100644
--- a/src/cam/kms_sink.cpp
+++ b/src/cam/kms_sink.cpp
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ int KMSSink::configure(const libcamera::CameraConfiguration &config)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int KMSSink::configurePipeline(const libcamera::PixelFormat &format)
+int KMSSink::selectPipeline(const libcamera::PixelFormat &format)
 {
 	/*
 	 * If the requested format has an alpha channel, also consider the X
@@ -174,25 +174,31 @@ int KMSSink::configurePipeline(const libcamera::PixelFormat &format)
 					crtc_ = crtc;
 					plane_ = plane;
 					format_ = format;
-					break;
+					return 0;
 				}
 
 				if (plane->supportsFormat(xFormat)) {
 					crtc_ = crtc;
 					plane_ = plane;
 					format_ = xFormat;
-					break;
+					return 0;
 				}
 			}
 		}
 	}
 
-	if (!crtc_) {
+	return -EPIPE;
+}
+
+int KMSSink::configurePipeline(const libcamera::PixelFormat &format)
+{
+	const int ret = selectPipeline(format);
+	if (ret) {
 		std::cerr
 			<< "Unable to find display pipeline for format "
 			<< format.toString() << std::endl;
 
-		return -EPIPE;
+		return ret;
 	}
 
 	std::cout
@@ -200,7 +206,7 @@ int KMSSink::configurePipeline(const libcamera::PixelFormat &format)
 		<< ", connector " << connector_->name()
 		<< " (" << connector_->id() << ")" << std::endl;
 
-	return 0;
+	return ret;
 }
 
 int KMSSink::start()
diff --git a/src/cam/kms_sink.h b/src/cam/kms_sink.h
index 1e4290ad..4a0a872c 100644
--- a/src/cam/kms_sink.h
+++ b/src/cam/kms_sink.h
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ private:
 		libcamera::Request *camRequest_;
 	};
 
+	int selectPipeline(const libcamera::PixelFormat &format);
 	int configurePipeline(const libcamera::PixelFormat &format);
 	void requestComplete(DRM::AtomicRequest *request);