diff --git a/src/cam/capture.cpp b/src/cam/capture.cpp
index 55fa2dabcee97f21..aa53c407d7b71b44 100644
--- a/src/cam/capture.cpp
+++ b/src/cam/capture.cpp
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 using namespace libcamera;
 
 Capture::Capture(std::shared_ptr<Camera> camera, CameraConfiguration *config)
-	: camera_(camera), config_(config), writer_(nullptr)
+	: camera_(camera), config_(config), writer_(nullptr), loop_(nullptr)
 {
 }
 
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ int Capture::run(EventLoop *loop, const OptionsParser::Options &options)
 {
 	int ret;
 
+	loop_ = loop;
+
 	if (!camera_) {
 		std::cout << "Can't capture without a camera" << std::endl;
 		return -ENODEV;
@@ -54,7 +56,7 @@ int Capture::run(EventLoop *loop, const OptionsParser::Options &options)
 
 	FrameBufferAllocator *allocator = new FrameBufferAllocator(camera_);
 
-	ret = capture(loop, allocator);
+	ret = capture(allocator);
 
 	if (options.isSet(OptFile)) {
 		delete writer_;
@@ -66,7 +68,7 @@ int Capture::run(EventLoop *loop, const OptionsParser::Options &options)
 	return ret;
 }
 
-int Capture::capture(EventLoop *loop, FrameBufferAllocator *allocator)
+int Capture::capture(FrameBufferAllocator *allocator)
 {
 	int ret;
 
@@ -132,7 +134,7 @@ int Capture::capture(EventLoop *loop, FrameBufferAllocator *allocator)
 	}
 
 	std::cout << "Capture until user interrupts by SIGINT" << std::endl;
-	ret = loop->exec();
+	ret = loop_->exec();
 	if (ret)
 		std::cout << "Failed to run capture loop" << std::endl;
 
diff --git a/src/cam/capture.h b/src/cam/capture.h
index 9bca5661070efcf5..67c6260bfe24aefc 100644
--- a/src/cam/capture.h
+++ b/src/cam/capture.h
@@ -28,8 +28,7 @@ public:
 
 	int run(EventLoop *loop, const OptionsParser::Options &options);
 private:
-	int capture(EventLoop *loop,
-		    libcamera::FrameBufferAllocator *allocator);
+	int capture(libcamera::FrameBufferAllocator *allocator);
 
 	void requestComplete(libcamera::Request *request);
 
@@ -39,6 +38,8 @@ private:
 	std::map<libcamera::Stream *, std::string> streamName_;
 	BufferWriter *writer_;
 	std::chrono::steady_clock::time_point last_;
+
+	EventLoop *loop_;
 };
 
 #endif /* __CAM_CAPTURE_H__ */