diff --git a/src/libcamera/pipeline/simple/simple.cpp b/src/libcamera/pipeline/simple/simple.cpp
index 1a7474228..6330afeb5 100644
--- a/src/libcamera/pipeline/simple/simple.cpp
+++ b/src/libcamera/pipeline/simple/simple.cpp
@@ -384,6 +384,9 @@ public:
 	bool needConversion() const { return needConversion_; }
 	const Transform &combinedTransform() const { return combinedTransform_; }
 
+	bool processedRequested_;
+	bool rawRequested_;
+
 private:
 	/*
 	 * The SimpleCameraData instance is guaranteed to be valid as long as
@@ -1311,12 +1314,27 @@ std::unique_ptr<CameraConfiguration>
 SimplePipelineHandler::generateConfiguration(Camera *camera, Span<const StreamRole> roles)
 {
 	SimpleCameraData *data = cameraData(camera);
-	std::unique_ptr<CameraConfiguration> config =
+	std::unique_ptr<SimpleCameraConfiguration> config =
 		std::make_unique<SimpleCameraConfiguration>(camera, data);
 
+	config->processedRequested_ = false;
+	config->rawRequested_ = false;
+
 	if (roles.empty())
 		return config;
 
+	for (const auto &role : roles)
+		if (role == StreamRole::Raw) {
+			if (config->rawRequested_) {
+				LOG(SimplePipeline, Error)
+					<< "Can't capture multiple raw streams";
+				return nullptr;
+			}
+			config->rawRequested_ = true;
+		} else {
+			config->processedRequested_ = true;
+		}
+
 	/* Create the formats map. */
 	std::map<PixelFormat, std::vector<SizeRange>> formats;