diff --git a/src/libcamera/pipeline/rpi/vc4/vc4.cpp b/src/libcamera/pipeline/rpi/vc4/vc4.cpp
index 3c3c1b30f9e3..75dc85cf62a1 100644
--- a/src/libcamera/pipeline/rpi/vc4/vc4.cpp
+++ b/src/libcamera/pipeline/rpi/vc4/vc4.cpp
@@ -574,9 +574,7 @@ int Vc4CameraData::platformConfigure(const RPi::RPiCameraConfiguration *rpiConfi
 	 * supports it.
 	 */
 	if (sensorMetadata_) {
-		V4L2SubdeviceFormat embeddedFormat;
-
-		sensor_->device()->getFormat(1, &embeddedFormat);
+		V4L2SubdeviceFormat embeddedFormat = sensor_->embeddedDataFormat();
 		V4L2DeviceFormat format{};
 		format.fourcc = V4L2PixelFormat(V4L2_META_FMT_SENSOR_DATA);
 		format.planes[0].size = embeddedFormat.size.width * embeddedFormat.size.height;