diff --git a/src/apps/lc-compliance/simple_capture.cpp b/src/apps/lc-compliance/simple_capture.cpp
index ab5cb35c11f2..d02c7b45f180 100644
--- a/src/apps/lc-compliance/simple_capture.cpp
+++ b/src/apps/lc-compliance/simple_capture.cpp
@@ -64,6 +64,8 @@ void SimpleCapture::stop()
 
 	camera_->requestCompleted.disconnect(this);
 
+	requests_.clear();
+
 	Stream *stream = config_->at(0).stream();
 	allocator_->free(stream);
 }
@@ -95,7 +97,6 @@ void SimpleCaptureBalanced::capture(unsigned int numRequests)
 	captureLimit_ = numRequests;
 
 	/* Queue the recommended number of reqeuests. */
-	std::vector<std::unique_ptr<libcamera::Request>> requests;
 	for (const std::unique_ptr<FrameBuffer> &buffer : buffers) {
 		std::unique_ptr<Request> request = camera_->createRequest();
 		ASSERT_TRUE(request) << "Can't create request";
@@ -104,7 +105,7 @@ void SimpleCaptureBalanced::capture(unsigned int numRequests)
 
 		ASSERT_EQ(queueRequest(request.get()), 0) << "Failed to queue request";
 
-		requests.push_back(std::move(request));
+		requests_.push_back(std::move(request));
 	}
 
 	/* Run capture session. */
@@ -156,7 +157,6 @@ void SimpleCaptureUnbalanced::capture(unsigned int numRequests)
 	captureLimit_ = numRequests;
 
 	/* Queue the recommended number of reqeuests. */
-	std::vector<std::unique_ptr<libcamera::Request>> requests;
 	for (const std::unique_ptr<FrameBuffer> &buffer : buffers) {
 		std::unique_ptr<Request> request = camera_->createRequest();
 		ASSERT_TRUE(request) << "Can't create request";
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ void SimpleCaptureUnbalanced::capture(unsigned int numRequests)
 
 		ASSERT_EQ(camera_->queueRequest(request.get()), 0) << "Failed to queue request";
 
-		requests.push_back(std::move(request));
+		requests_.push_back(std::move(request));
 	}
 
 	/* Run capture session. */
diff --git a/src/apps/lc-compliance/simple_capture.h b/src/apps/lc-compliance/simple_capture.h
index fd9d2a97fd8d..2911d6019923 100644
--- a/src/apps/lc-compliance/simple_capture.h
+++ b/src/apps/lc-compliance/simple_capture.h
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ protected:
 	std::shared_ptr<libcamera::Camera> camera_;
 	std::unique_ptr<libcamera::FrameBufferAllocator> allocator_;
 	std::unique_ptr<libcamera::CameraConfiguration> config_;
+	std::vector<std::unique_ptr<libcamera::Request>> requests_;
 };
 
 class SimpleCaptureBalanced : public SimpleCapture