diff --git a/src/ipa/libipa/camera_sensor_helper.cpp b/src/ipa/libipa/camera_sensor_helper.cpp
index 9ab7a52f2644c93454520f0a20a4c3e370ce9d15..b73ecae6c1d010aad7a49cb3c1d75b4caad97c01 100644
--- a/src/ipa/libipa/camera_sensor_helper.cpp
+++ b/src/ipa/libipa/camera_sensor_helper.cpp
@@ -752,6 +752,7 @@ class CameraSensorHelperOv5693 : public CameraSensorHelper
 public:
 	CameraSensorHelperOv5693()
 	{
+		blacklevel_ = 1024;
 		gain_ = AnalogueGainLinear{ 1, 0, 0, 16 };
 	}
 };