diff --git a/src/android/camera_device.cpp b/src/android/camera_device.cpp
index c27175ac090d..7c69d0810eee 100644
--- a/src/android/camera_device.cpp
+++ b/src/android/camera_device.cpp
@@ -281,6 +281,13 @@ camera_metadata_t *CameraDevice::getStaticMetadata()
 			ANDROID_INFO_SUPPORTED_HARDWARE_LEVEL,
 			&supportedHWLevel, 1);

+	/* Request static metadata. */
+	uint8_t maxPipelineDepth = 1;
+	ret = add_camera_metadata_entry(staticMetadata_,
+			ANDROID_REQUEST_PIPELINE_MAX_DEPTH,
+			&maxPipelineDepth, 1);
+	METADATA_ASSERT(ret);
+
 	return staticMetadata_;
 }

@@ -340,12 +347,6 @@ const camera_metadata_t *CameraDevice::constructDefaultRequestSettings(int type)
 			maxOutStream, 3);
 	METADATA_ASSERT(ret);

-	uint8_t maxPipelineDepth = 5;
-	ret = add_camera_metadata_entry(requestTemplate_,
-			ANDROID_REQUEST_PIPELINE_MAX_DEPTH,
-			&maxPipelineDepth, 1);
-	METADATA_ASSERT(ret);
-
 	int32_t inputStreams = 0;
 	ret = add_camera_metadata_entry(requestTemplate_,
 			ANDROID_REQUEST_MAX_NUM_INPUT_STREAMS,