diff --git a/src/ipa/rpi/cam_helper/cam_helper.cpp b/src/ipa/rpi/cam_helper/cam_helper.cpp
index a78db9c1..dfdcd167 100644
--- a/src/ipa/rpi/cam_helper/cam_helper.cpp
+++ b/src/ipa/rpi/cam_helper/cam_helper.cpp
@@ -204,6 +204,12 @@ unsigned int CamHelper::mistrustFramesModeSwitch() const
 	return 0;
 }
 
+unsigned int CamHelper::getMinDebinFactor() const
+{
+	/* Most cameras require debinning from 2x2 binning upwards. */
+	return 2;
+}
+
 void CamHelper::parseEmbeddedData(Span<const uint8_t> buffer,
 				  Metadata &metadata)
 {
diff --git a/src/ipa/rpi/cam_helper/cam_helper.h b/src/ipa/rpi/cam_helper/cam_helper.h
index 4a826690..349891c4 100644
--- a/src/ipa/rpi/cam_helper/cam_helper.h
+++ b/src/ipa/rpi/cam_helper/cam_helper.h
@@ -62,6 +62,11 @@ namespace RPiController {
  * MistrustFramesModeSwitch(): The number of frames, after a mode switch
  *    (other than start-up), for which control algorithms should not run
  *    (for example, metadata may be unreliable).
+ * getMinDebinFactor(): the binning factor after which we should apply
+ *    "debinning", which corrects for the uneven spatial sampling of the
+ *    standard binning process. A return value of 2 means to enable
+ *    debinning for camera modes using 2x2, or larger, binning. A return
+ *    value of zero means never to enable binning.
  */
 
 class CamHelper
@@ -93,6 +98,7 @@ public:
 	virtual unsigned int hideFramesModeSwitch() const;
 	virtual unsigned int mistrustFramesStartup() const;
 	virtual unsigned int mistrustFramesModeSwitch() const;
+	virtual unsigned int getMinDebinFactor() const;
 
 protected:
 	void parseEmbeddedData(libcamera::Span<const uint8_t> buffer,
diff --git a/src/ipa/rpi/cam_helper/cam_helper_imx708.cpp b/src/ipa/rpi/cam_helper/cam_helper_imx708.cpp
index 6150909c..e7b8d671 100644
--- a/src/ipa/rpi/cam_helper/cam_helper_imx708.cpp
+++ b/src/ipa/rpi/cam_helper/cam_helper_imx708.cpp
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ public:
 	double getModeSensitivity(const CameraMode &mode) const override;
 	unsigned int hideFramesModeSwitch() const override;
 	unsigned int hideFramesStartup() const override;
+	unsigned int getMinDebinFactor() const override;
 
 private:
 	/*
@@ -237,6 +238,12 @@ unsigned int CamHelperImx708::hideFramesStartup() const
 	return hideFramesModeSwitch();
 }
 
+unsigned int CamHelperImx708::getMinDebinFactor() const
+{
+	/* Quad-Bayer sensor, so debinning required only at 4x4 binning. */
+	return 4;
+}
+
 void CamHelperImx708::populateMetadata(const MdParser::RegisterMap &registers,
 				       Metadata &metadata) const
 {
diff --git a/src/ipa/rpi/pisp/pisp.cpp b/src/ipa/rpi/pisp/pisp.cpp
index de2a6afe..fd28fc38 100644
--- a/src/ipa/rpi/pisp/pisp.cpp
+++ b/src/ipa/rpi/pisp/pisp.cpp
@@ -1078,12 +1078,14 @@ void IpaPiSP::setStatsAndDebin()
 	pisp_be_global_config beGlobal;
 	be_->GetGlobal(beGlobal);
 
-	if (mode_.binX > 1 || mode_.binY > 1) {
+	unsigned int minDebinFactor = helper_->getMinDebinFactor();
+	if (minDebinFactor &&
+	    (mode_.binX >= minDebinFactor || mode_.binY >= minDebinFactor)) {
 		pisp_be_debin_config debin;
 
 		be_->GetDebin(debin);
-		debin.h_enable = (mode_.binX > 1);
-		debin.v_enable = (mode_.binY > 1);
+		debin.h_enable = (mode_.binX >= minDebinFactor);
+		debin.v_enable = (mode_.binY >= minDebinFactor);
 		be_->SetDebin(debin);
 		beGlobal.bayer_enables |= PISP_BE_BAYER_ENABLE_DEBIN;
 	} else