diff --git a/src/libcamera/pipeline/ipu3/ipu3.cpp b/src/libcamera/pipeline/ipu3/ipu3.cpp
index 7a5e715458ae..7b7baa5ac5fb 100644
--- a/src/libcamera/pipeline/ipu3/ipu3.cpp
+++ b/src/libcamera/pipeline/ipu3/ipu3.cpp
@@ -253,13 +253,13 @@ PipelineHandlerIPU3::streamConfiguration(Camera *camera,
 
 	config->width = maxRange.maxWidth;
 	config->height = maxRange.maxHeight;
-	config->pixelFormat = cio2->maxSizes_.first;
+	config->pixelFormat = V4L2_PIX_FMT_NV12;
 	config->bufferCount = IPU3_BUFFER_COUNT;
 
 	LOG(IPU3, Debug)
 		<< "Stream format set to: " << config->width << "x"
 		<< config->height << "-0x" << std::hex << std::setfill('0')
-		<< std::setw(4) << config->pixelFormat;
+		<< std::setw(8) << config->pixelFormat;
 
 	return configs;
 }