diff --git a/src/android/camera_device.cpp b/src/android/camera_device.cpp
index 73cfab532cf5..fb120e8007dc 100644
--- a/src/android/camera_device.cpp
+++ b/src/android/camera_device.cpp
@@ -1066,6 +1066,12 @@ int CameraDevice::processCaptureRequest(camera3_capture_request_t *camera3Reques
 	Camera3RequestDescriptor *descriptor =
 		new Camera3RequestDescriptor(camera3Request->frame_number,
 					     camera3Request->num_output_buffers);
+
+	Request *request =
+		camera_->createRequest(reinterpret_cast<uint64_t>(descriptor));
+
+	descriptor->request = std::unique_ptr<Request>(request);
+
 	for (unsigned int i = 0; i < descriptor->numBuffers; ++i) {
 		/*
 		 * Keep track of which stream the request belongs to and store
@@ -1089,14 +1095,11 @@ int CameraDevice::processCaptureRequest(camera3_capture_request_t *camera3Reques
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
 
-	Request *request =
-		camera_->createRequest(reinterpret_cast<uint64_t>(descriptor));
 	request->addBuffer(stream, buffer);
 
 	int ret = camera_->queueRequest(request);
 	if (ret) {
 		LOG(HAL, Error) << "Failed to queue request";
-		delete request;
 		delete descriptor;
 		return ret;
 	}
diff --git a/src/android/camera_device.h b/src/android/camera_device.h
index d7834d94f439..018491d70c0a 100644
--- a/src/android/camera_device.h
+++ b/src/android/camera_device.h
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ private:
 		uint32_t frameNumber;
 		uint32_t numBuffers;
 		camera3_stream_buffer_t *buffers;
+		std::unique_ptr<libcamera::Request> request;
 	};
 
 	struct Camera3StreamConfiguration {