diff --git a/src/libcamera/pipeline/simple/simple.cpp b/src/libcamera/pipeline/simple/simple.cpp
index bdc7bfe5..8a315bfd 100644
--- a/src/libcamera/pipeline/simple/simple.cpp
+++ b/src/libcamera/pipeline/simple/simple.cpp
@@ -1138,6 +1138,8 @@ SimplePipelineHandler::generateConfiguration(Camera *camera, Span<const StreamRo
 	 */
 	for ([[maybe_unused]] StreamRole role : roles) {
 		StreamConfiguration cfg{ StreamFormats{ formats } };
+		if (!formats.begin()->first)
+			continue;
 		cfg.pixelFormat = formats.begin()->first;
 		cfg.size = formats.begin()->second[0].max;