diff --git a/src/libcamera/pipeline/ipu3/cio2.cpp b/src/libcamera/pipeline/ipu3/cio2.cpp
index a4e4d302f841..08e254f75eee 100644
--- a/src/libcamera/pipeline/ipu3/cio2.cpp
+++ b/src/libcamera/pipeline/ipu3/cio2.cpp
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ int CIO2Device::configure(const Size &size, V4L2DeviceFormat *outputFormat)
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
-	LOG(IPU3, Debug) << "CIO2 output format " << outputFormat;
+	LOG(IPU3, Debug) << "CIO2 output format " << *outputFormat;
 
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/src/libcamera/pipeline/ipu3/imgu.cpp b/src/libcamera/pipeline/ipu3/imgu.cpp
index 34613feb8130..59305f85073c 100644
--- a/src/libcamera/pipeline/ipu3/imgu.cpp
+++ b/src/libcamera/pipeline/ipu3/imgu.cpp
@@ -479,7 +479,7 @@ int ImgUDevice::configure(const PipeConfig &pipeConfig, V4L2DeviceFormat *inputF
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
-	LOG(IPU3, Debug) << "ImgU input format = " << inputFormat;
+	LOG(IPU3, Debug) << "ImgU input format = " << *inputFormat;
 
 	/*
 	 * \todo The IPU3 driver implementation shall be changed to use the
@@ -568,7 +568,7 @@ int ImgUDevice::configureVideoDevice(V4L2VideoDevice *dev, unsigned int pad,
 
 	const char *name = dev == output_.get() ? "output" : "viewfinder";
 	LOG(IPU3, Debug) << "ImgU " << name << " format = "
-			 << outputFormat;
+			 << *outputFormat;
 
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/src/libcamera/pipeline/simple/simple.cpp b/src/libcamera/pipeline/simple/simple.cpp
index 76bd228b5aba..de75465eb3b5 100644
--- a/src/libcamera/pipeline/simple/simple.cpp
+++ b/src/libcamera/pipeline/simple/simple.cpp
@@ -610,7 +610,7 @@ int SimpleCameraData::setupFormats(V4L2SubdeviceFormat *format,
 					<< " produces " << sourceFormat
 					<< ", sink '" << sink->entity()->name()
 					<< "':" << sink->index()
-					<< " requires " << format;
+					<< " requires " << *format;
 				return -EINVAL;
 			}
 		}
@@ -620,7 +620,7 @@ int SimpleCameraData::setupFormats(V4L2SubdeviceFormat *format,
 			<< "':" << source->index()
 			<< " -> '" << sink->entity()->name()
 			<< "':" << sink->index()
-			<< " configured with format " << format;
+			<< " configured with format " << *format;
 	}
 
 	return 0;