diff --git a/src/libcamera/pipeline/rkisp1/rkisp1.cpp b/src/libcamera/pipeline/rkisp1/rkisp1.cpp
index a6fc3b8e36f3b00a..73d1e9c4ef21fd45 100644
--- a/src/libcamera/pipeline/rkisp1/rkisp1.cpp
+++ b/src/libcamera/pipeline/rkisp1/rkisp1.cpp
@@ -413,6 +413,11 @@ int RkISP1CameraData::loadIPA()
 void RkISP1CameraData::queueFrameAction(unsigned int frame,
 					const IPAOperationData &action)
 {
+	/* Guard again IPA queuing actions when we have no camera. */
+	PipelineHandlerRkISP1 *pipe = static_cast<PipelineHandlerRkISP1 *>(pipe_);
+	if (!pipe->activeCamera_)
+		return;
+
 	switch (action.operation) {
 	case RKISP1_IPA_ACTION_V4L2_SET: {
 		const ControlList &controls = action.controls[0];