diff --git a/src/libcamera/pipeline/rkisp1/rkisp1.cpp b/src/libcamera/pipeline/rkisp1/rkisp1.cpp
index 8b92fdebdd63..698fe9ff57a4 100644
--- a/src/libcamera/pipeline/rkisp1/rkisp1.cpp
+++ b/src/libcamera/pipeline/rkisp1/rkisp1.cpp
@@ -812,6 +812,19 @@ int PipelineHandlerRkISP1::configure(Camera *camera, CameraConfiguration *c)
 	if (!isRaw_)
 		format.code = MEDIA_BUS_FMT_YUYV8_2X8;
 
+	/*
+	 * On devices without DUAL_CROP (like the imx8mp) cropping needs to be
+	 * done on the ISP/IS output.
+	 */
+	if (media_->hwRevision() == RKISP1_V_IMX8MP) {
+		/* imx8mp has only a single path. */
+		const auto &cfg = config->at(0);
+		Size ispCrop = format.size.boundedToAspectRatio(cfg.size)
+					  .alignedUpTo(2, 2);
+		rect = ispCrop.centeredTo(Rectangle(format.size).center());
+		format.size = ispCrop;
+	}
+
 	LOG(RkISP1, Debug)
 		<< "Configuring ISP output pad with " << format
 		<< " crop " << rect;
diff --git a/src/libcamera/pipeline/rkisp1/rkisp1_path.cpp b/src/libcamera/pipeline/rkisp1/rkisp1_path.cpp
index 236d05af7a2f..eee5b09e2ff0 100644
--- a/src/libcamera/pipeline/rkisp1/rkisp1_path.cpp
+++ b/src/libcamera/pipeline/rkisp1/rkisp1_path.cpp
@@ -417,11 +417,14 @@ int RkISP1Path::configure(const StreamConfiguration &config,
 	/*
 	 * Crop on the resizer input to maintain FOV before downscaling.
 	 *
-	 * \todo The alignment to a multiple of 2 pixels is required but may
-	 * change the aspect ratio very slightly. A more advanced algorithm to
-	 * compute the resizer input crop rectangle is needed, and it should
-	 * also take into account the need to crop away the edge pixels affected
-	 * by the ISP processing blocks.
+	 * Note that this does not apply to devices without DUAL_CROP support
+	 * (like imx8mp) , where the cropping needs to be done on the
+	 * ImageStabilizer block on the ISP source pad and therefore is
+	 * configured before this stage. For simplicity we still set the crop.
+	 * This gets ignored by the kernel driver because the hardware is
+	 * missing the capability.
+	 *
+	 * Alignment to a multiple of 2 pixels is required by the resizer.
 	 */
 	Size ispCrop = inputFormat.size.boundedToAspectRatio(config.size)
 				       .alignedUpTo(2, 2);