diff --git a/include/libcamera/internal/v4l2_pixelformat.h b/include/libcamera/internal/v4l2_pixelformat.h
index 34d283db44f4..44439fff73eb 100644
--- a/include/libcamera/internal/v4l2_pixelformat.h
+++ b/include/libcamera/internal/v4l2_pixelformat.h
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ public:
 	std::string toString() const;
 	const char *description() const;

-	PixelFormat toPixelFormat() const;
+	PixelFormat toPixelFormat(bool warn = true) const;
 	static const std::vector<V4L2PixelFormat> &
 	fromPixelFormat(const PixelFormat &pixelFormat);

diff --git a/src/libcamera/formats.cpp b/src/libcamera/formats.cpp
index 0bd0e09ae44c..f5769c489e16 100644
--- a/src/libcamera/formats.cpp
+++ b/src/libcamera/formats.cpp
@@ -852,7 +852,15 @@ const PixelFormatInfo &PixelFormatInfo::info(const PixelFormat &format)
  */
 const PixelFormatInfo &PixelFormatInfo::info(const V4L2PixelFormat &format)
 {
-	return info(format.toPixelFormat());
+	PixelFormat pixelFormat = format.toPixelFormat(false);
+	if (!pixelFormat.isValid())
+		return pixelFormatInfoInvalid;
+
+	const auto iter = pixelFormatInfo.find(pixelFormat);
+	if (iter == pixelFormatInfo.end())
+		return pixelFormatInfoInvalid;
+
+	return iter->second;
 }

 /**
diff --git a/src/libcamera/v4l2_pixelformat.cpp b/src/libcamera/v4l2_pixelformat.cpp
index 3590fb735011..26c9f02c759f 100644
--- a/src/libcamera/v4l2_pixelformat.cpp
+++ b/src/libcamera/v4l2_pixelformat.cpp
@@ -294,15 +294,23 @@ const char *V4L2PixelFormat::description() const

 /**
  * \brief Convert the V4L2 pixel format to the corresponding PixelFormat
+ * \param[in] warn Flag to control the warning message if the format is not
+ * supported. Default to true, set to false to suppress warning message.
+ *
+ * Users of this function might try to convert a V4L2PixelFormat to a PixelFormat
+ * just to check if the format is supported or not. In that case, they can suppress
+ * the warning message setting the \a warn argument to false not not pollute the log
+ * with unnecessary warning messages.
+ *
  * \return The PixelFormat corresponding to the V4L2 pixel format
  */
-PixelFormat V4L2PixelFormat::toPixelFormat() const
+PixelFormat V4L2PixelFormat::toPixelFormat(bool warn) const
 {
 	const auto iter = vpf2pf.find(*this);
 	if (iter == vpf2pf.end()) {
-		LOG(V4L2, Warning)
-			<< "Unsupported V4L2 pixel format "
-			<< toString();
+		if (warn)
+			LOG(V4L2, Warning) << "Unsupported V4L2 pixel format "
+					   << toString();
 		return PixelFormat();
 	}