diff --git a/src/cam/capture.cpp b/src/cam/capture.cpp
index 55fa2dabcee9..b7e06bcc9463 100644
--- a/src/cam/capture.cpp
+++ b/src/cam/capture.cpp
@@ -16,8 +16,9 @@
 
 using namespace libcamera;
 
-Capture::Capture(std::shared_ptr<Camera> camera, CameraConfiguration *config)
-	: camera_(camera), config_(config), writer_(nullptr)
+Capture::Capture(std::shared_ptr<Camera> camera, CameraConfiguration *config,
+		 const StreamRoles &roles)
+	: camera_(camera), config_(config), roles_(roles), writer_(nullptr)
 {
 }
 
diff --git a/src/cam/capture.h b/src/cam/capture.h
index 9bca5661070e..c0e697b831fb 100644
--- a/src/cam/capture.h
+++ b/src/cam/capture.h
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@ class Capture
 {
 public:
 	Capture(std::shared_ptr<libcamera::Camera> camera,
-		libcamera::CameraConfiguration *config);
+		libcamera::CameraConfiguration *config,
+		const libcamera::StreamRoles &roles);
 
 	int run(EventLoop *loop, const OptionsParser::Options &options);
 private:
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@ private:
 
 	std::shared_ptr<libcamera::Camera> camera_;
 	libcamera::CameraConfiguration *config_;
+	libcamera::StreamRoles roles_;
 
 	std::map<libcamera::Stream *, std::string> streamName_;
 	BufferWriter *writer_;
diff --git a/src/cam/main.cpp b/src/cam/main.cpp
index 2512fe9da782..cdd29d500202 100644
--- a/src/cam/main.cpp
+++ b/src/cam/main.cpp
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ private:
 	OptionsParser::Options options_;
 	CameraManager *cm_;
 	std::shared_ptr<Camera> camera_;
+	StreamRoles roles_;
 	std::unique_ptr<libcamera::CameraConfiguration> config_;
 	EventLoop *loop_;
 };
@@ -194,10 +195,10 @@ int CamApp::parseOptions(int argc, char *argv[])
 
 int CamApp::prepareConfig()
 {
-	StreamRoles roles = StreamKeyValueParser::roles(options_[OptStream]);
+	roles_ = StreamKeyValueParser::roles(options_[OptStream]);
 
-	config_ = camera_->generateConfiguration(roles);
-	if (!config_ || config_->size() != roles.size()) {
+	config_ = camera_->generateConfiguration(roles_);
+	if (!config_ || config_->size() != roles_.size()) {
 		std::cerr << "Failed to get default stream configuration"
 			  << std::endl;
 		return -EINVAL;
@@ -326,7 +327,7 @@ int CamApp::run()
 	}
 
 	if (options_.isSet(OptCapture)) {
-		Capture capture(camera_, config_.get());
+		Capture capture(camera_, config_.get(), roles_);
 		return capture.run(loop_, options_);
 	}