diff --git a/src/ipa/rkisp1/algorithms/agc.cpp b/src/ipa/rkisp1/algorithms/agc.cpp
index 17d074d9c03e..f03136836fd7 100644
--- a/src/ipa/rkisp1/algorithms/agc.cpp
+++ b/src/ipa/rkisp1/algorithms/agc.cpp
@@ -398,8 +398,9 @@ void Agc::process(IPAContext &context, [[maybe_unused]] const uint32_t frame,
 		  IPAFrameContext &frameContext, const rkisp1_stat_buffer *stats,
 		  ControlList &metadata)
 {
-	if (!stats) {
+	if (!stats || !(stats->meas_type & RKISP1_CIF_ISP_STAT_AUTOEXP)) {
 		fillMetadata(context, frameContext, metadata);
+		LOG(RkISP1Agc, Error) << "AUTOEXP data is missing in statistics";
 		return;
 	}
 
@@ -412,7 +413,6 @@ void Agc::process(IPAContext &context, [[maybe_unused]] const uint32_t frame,
 	 */
 
 	const rkisp1_cif_isp_stat *params = &stats->params;
-	ASSERT(stats->meas_type & RKISP1_CIF_ISP_STAT_AUTOEXP);
 
 	/* The lower 4 bits are fractional and meant to be discarded. */
 	Histogram hist({ params->hist.hist_bins, context.hw->numHistogramBins },