diff --git a/src/libcamera/pipeline/ipu3/imgu.cpp b/src/libcamera/pipeline/ipu3/imgu.cpp
index ad51a64a84e4..a3ea3eabe318 100644
--- a/src/libcamera/pipeline/ipu3/imgu.cpp
+++ b/src/libcamera/pipeline/ipu3/imgu.cpp
@@ -424,13 +424,12 @@ ImgUDevice::PipeConfig ImgUDevice::calculatePipeConfig(Pipe *pipe)
 }
 
 /**
- * \brief Configure the ImgU unit input
+ * \brief Configure the ImgU pipeline
  * \param[in] config The ImgU pipe configuration parameters
  * \param[in] inputFormat The format to be applied to ImgU input
  * \return 0 on success or a negative error code otherwise
  */
-int ImgUDevice::configureInput(const PipeConfig &pipeConfig,
-			       V4L2DeviceFormat *inputFormat)
+int ImgUDevice::configure(const PipeConfig &pipeConfig, V4L2DeviceFormat *inputFormat)
 {
 	/* Configure the ImgU input video device with the requested sizes. */
 	int ret = input_->setFormat(inputFormat);
diff --git a/src/libcamera/pipeline/ipu3/imgu.h b/src/libcamera/pipeline/ipu3/imgu.h
index 91715c78fa83..ff8dab7d645c 100644
--- a/src/libcamera/pipeline/ipu3/imgu.h
+++ b/src/libcamera/pipeline/ipu3/imgu.h
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ public:
 
 	PipeConfig calculatePipeConfig(Pipe *pipe);
 
-	int configureInput(const PipeConfig &pipeConfig, V4L2DeviceFormat *inputFormat);
+	int configure(const PipeConfig &pipeConfig, V4L2DeviceFormat *inputFormat);
 
 	int configureOutput(const StreamConfiguration &cfg,
 			    V4L2DeviceFormat *outputFormat)
diff --git a/src/libcamera/pipeline/ipu3/ipu3.cpp b/src/libcamera/pipeline/ipu3/ipu3.cpp
index d7c0076a57e3..06afc7d79dac 100644
--- a/src/libcamera/pipeline/ipu3/ipu3.cpp
+++ b/src/libcamera/pipeline/ipu3/ipu3.cpp
@@ -475,7 +475,7 @@ int PipelineHandlerIPU3::configure(Camera *camera, CameraConfiguration *c)
 	if (imguConfig.isNull())
 		return 0;
 
-	ret = imgu->configureInput(imguConfig, &cio2Format);
+	ret = imgu->configure(imguConfig, &cio2Format);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;