diff --git a/src/ipa/ipu3/algorithms/agc.cpp b/src/ipa/ipu3/algorithms/agc.cpp
index 002ee574c02b79c25834a9d87a5881a9de52e39e..c9d41f93cff5b81710b76592303f1e0d10697326 100644
--- a/src/ipa/ipu3/algorithms/agc.cpp
+++ b/src/ipa/ipu3/algorithms/agc.cpp
@@ -128,8 +128,6 @@ int Agc::configure(IPAContext &context,
 
 	/* \todo Update AGC limits when FrameDurationLimits is passed in */
 
-	resetFrameCount();
-
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/ipa/libipa/agc_mean_luminance.cpp b/src/ipa/libipa/agc_mean_luminance.cpp
index 9fc275ea9e5b81ce107eabe1982be3c44c01479c..725a23ef2f6f612c6d3408701246db7415fd8327 100644
--- a/src/ipa/libipa/agc_mean_luminance.cpp
+++ b/src/ipa/libipa/agc_mean_luminance.cpp
@@ -171,9 +171,10 @@ static constexpr double kMaxRelativeLuminanceTarget = 0.95;
  *
  * IPA modules that want to use this class to implement their AEGC algorithm
  * should derive it and provide an overriding estimateLuminance() function for
- * this class to use. They must call parseTuningData() in init(), and must also
- * call resetFrameCounter() in configure(). They may then use calculateNewEv()
- * in process(). To update the algorithm limits for example, in response to a
+ * this class to use. They must call parseTuningData() in init() and the use the
+ * sensor configuration data to call AgcMeanLuminance::configure() in their
+ * configure() implementation. They may then use calculateNewEv() in process().
+ * To update the algorithm limits for example, in response to a
  * FrameDurationLimit control being passed in queueRequest()) then
  * setExposureLimits() must be called with the new values.
  */
@@ -379,6 +380,8 @@ void AgcMeanLuminance::configure(const SensorConfiguration &config,
 
 		helper->configure(sensorConfig, sensorHelper);
 	}
+
+	resetFrameCount();
 }
 
 /**
@@ -692,16 +695,6 @@ AgcMeanLuminance::calculateNewEv(uint32_t constraintModeIndex,
 	return exposureModeHelper->splitExposure(newExposureValue);
 }
 
-/**
- * \fn AgcMeanLuminance::resetFrameCount()
- * \brief Reset the frame counter
- *
- * This function resets the internal frame counter, which exists to help the
- * algorithm decide whether it should respond instantly or not. The expectation
- * is for derived classes to call this function before each camera start call in
- * their configure() function.
- */
-
 } /* namespace ipa */
 
 } /* namespace libcamera */
diff --git a/src/ipa/libipa/agc_mean_luminance.h b/src/ipa/libipa/agc_mean_luminance.h
index 12316ca8bbd7d8b5783a948f5e01d5f0f56bfe3a..acbefc4e5765413bc803417eae1dbd0a943bc95e 100644
--- a/src/ipa/libipa/agc_mean_luminance.h
+++ b/src/ipa/libipa/agc_mean_luminance.h
@@ -87,11 +87,6 @@ public:
 
 	double effectiveYTarget() const;
 
-	void resetFrameCount()
-	{
-		frameCount_ = 0;
-	}
-
 private:
 	virtual double estimateLuminance(const double gain) const = 0;
 
@@ -104,6 +99,10 @@ private:
 				   const Histogram &hist,
 				   double gain);
 	utils::Duration filterExposure(utils::Duration exposureValue);
+	void resetFrameCount()
+	{
+		frameCount_ = 0;
+	}
 
 	double exposureCompensation_;
 	uint64_t frameCount_;
diff --git a/src/ipa/mali-c55/algorithms/agc.cpp b/src/ipa/mali-c55/algorithms/agc.cpp
index 731b29ced1030ecb3f44b83ad28a0691dd5d2f0d..91b1438f7e5ca0498373c86fd75b91f9c5a81c3f 100644
--- a/src/ipa/mali-c55/algorithms/agc.cpp
+++ b/src/ipa/mali-c55/algorithms/agc.cpp
@@ -186,8 +186,6 @@ int Agc::configure(IPAContext &context,
 
 	/* \todo Update AGC limits when FrameDurationLimits is passed in */
 
-	resetFrameCount();
-
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/ipa/rkisp1/algorithms/agc.cpp b/src/ipa/rkisp1/algorithms/agc.cpp
index c8210e175186a282faf586378c5a0a761612047c..b9a94ba03c910f73420579dd6737d8d46b26e576 100644
--- a/src/ipa/rkisp1/algorithms/agc.cpp
+++ b/src/ipa/rkisp1/algorithms/agc.cpp
@@ -213,8 +213,6 @@ int Agc::configure(IPAContext &context, const IPACameraSensorInfo &configInfo)
 
 	context.activeState.agc.automatic.yTarget = effectiveYTarget();
 
-	resetFrameCount();
-
 	return 0;
 }