diff --git a/src/libcamera/pipeline/ipu3/ipu3.cpp b/src/libcamera/pipeline/ipu3/ipu3.cpp
index 1b44460..7feb44c 100644
--- a/src/libcamera/pipeline/ipu3/ipu3.cpp
+++ b/src/libcamera/pipeline/ipu3/ipu3.cpp
@@ -298,9 +298,14 @@ CameraConfiguration::Status IPU3CameraConfiguration::validate()
 	if (config_.empty())
 		return Invalid;
 
-	/* Cap the number of entries to the available streams. */
+	/*
+	 * Cap the number of entries to the available streams.
+	 * Use erase() instead of resize() because resize() uses default constructor
+	 * when it increases config_'s size, which we wish to avoid.
+	 */
+
 	if (config_.size() > 2) {
-		config_.resize(2);
+		config_.erase(config_.begin() + 2, config_.end());
 		status = Adjusted;
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/libcamera/pipeline/rkisp1/rkisp1.cpp b/src/libcamera/pipeline/rkisp1/rkisp1.cpp
index 2f909ce..04b0ed3 100644
--- a/src/libcamera/pipeline/rkisp1/rkisp1.cpp
+++ b/src/libcamera/pipeline/rkisp1/rkisp1.cpp
@@ -447,9 +447,13 @@ CameraConfiguration::Status RkISP1CameraConfiguration::validate()
 	if (config_.empty())
 		return Invalid;
 
-	/* Cap the number of entries to the available streams. */
+	/*
+	 * Cap the number of entries to the available streams.
+	 * Use erase() instead of resize() because resize() uses default constructor
+	 * when it increases config_'s size, which we wish to avoid.
+	 */
 	if (config_.size() > 1) {
-		config_.resize(1);
+		config_.erase(config_.begin() + 1, config_.end());
 		status = Adjusted;
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/libcamera/pipeline/uvcvideo.cpp b/src/libcamera/pipeline/uvcvideo.cpp
index ffbddf2..462eae2 100644
--- a/src/libcamera/pipeline/uvcvideo.cpp
+++ b/src/libcamera/pipeline/uvcvideo.cpp
@@ -97,9 +97,13 @@ CameraConfiguration::Status UVCCameraConfiguration::validate()
 	if (config_.empty())
 		return Invalid;
 
-	/* Cap the number of entries to the available streams. */
+	/*
+	 * Cap the number of entries to the available streams.
+	 * Use erase() instead of resize() because resize() uses default constructor
+	 * when it increases config_'s size, which we wish to avoid.
+	 */
 	if (config_.size() > 1) {
-		config_.resize(1);
+		config_.erase(config_.begin() + 1, config_.end());
 		status = Adjusted;
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/libcamera/pipeline/vimc.cpp b/src/libcamera/pipeline/vimc.cpp
index b04a972..4c991ff 100644
--- a/src/libcamera/pipeline/vimc.cpp
+++ b/src/libcamera/pipeline/vimc.cpp
@@ -123,9 +123,13 @@ CameraConfiguration::Status VimcCameraConfiguration::validate()
 	if (config_.empty())
 		return Invalid;
 
-	/* Cap the number of entries to the available streams. */
+	/*
+	 * Cap the number of entries to the available streams.
+	 * Use erase() instead of resize() because resize() uses default constructor
+	 * when it increases config_'s size, which we wish to avoid.
+	 */
 	if (config_.size() > 1) {
-		config_.resize(1);
+		config_.erase(config_.begin() + 1, config_.end());
 		status = Adjusted;
 	}