diff --git a/src/libcamera/pipeline/simple/simple.cpp b/src/libcamera/pipeline/simple/simple.cpp
index 2423ec10c878..4db3dc2812b0 100644
--- a/src/libcamera/pipeline/simple/simple.cpp
+++ b/src/libcamera/pipeline/simple/simple.cpp
@@ -537,6 +537,7 @@ int SimpleCameraData::init()
 	}
 
 	properties_ = sensor_->properties();
+	controlInfo_ = sensor_->controls();
 
 	return 0;
 }