diff --git a/spa/plugins/libcamera/libcamera-utils.c b/spa/plugins/libcamera/libcamera-utils.c
index bc34d9082..4a57c6774 100644
--- a/spa/plugins/libcamera/libcamera-utils.c
+++ b/spa/plugins/libcamera/libcamera-utils.c
@@ -470,9 +470,6 @@ static int spa_libcamera_set_format(struct impl *this, struct spa_video_info *fo
 	if ((res = spa_libcamera_open(dev)) < 0)
 		return res;
 
-	/* stop the camera first. It might have opened with different configuration*/
-	libcamera_stop_capture(dev->camera);
-
 	spa_log_info(dev->log, "libcamera: set %s %dx%d %d/%d\n", (char *)&info->fourcc,
 		     fmt.width, fmt.height,
 		     fmt.denominator, fmt.numerator);
@@ -485,9 +482,6 @@ static int spa_libcamera_set_format(struct impl *this, struct spa_video_info *fo
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-	/* start the camera now with the configured params */
-	libcamera_start_capture(dev->camera);
-
 	dev->have_format = true;
 	size->width = libcamera_get_streamcfg_width(dev->camera);
 	size->height = libcamera_get_streamcfg_height(dev->camera);
@@ -871,6 +865,8 @@ static int spa_libcamera_stream_on(struct impl *this)
 
 	libcamera_connect(dev->camera);
 
+	libcamera_start_capture(dev->camera);
+
 	port->source.func = libcamera_on_fd_events;
 	port->source.data = this;
 	port->source.fd = spa_system_eventfd_create(this->system, SPA_FD_CLOEXEC | SPA_FD_NONBLOCK);
diff --git a/spa/plugins/libcamera/libcamera_wrapper.cpp b/spa/plugins/libcamera/libcamera_wrapper.cpp
index 00dda7a91..037058af0 100644
--- a/spa/plugins/libcamera/libcamera_wrapper.cpp
+++ b/spa/plugins/libcamera/libcamera_wrapper.cpp
@@ -540,7 +540,6 @@ extern "C" {
 	}
 
 	void LibCamera::close() {
-    	this->stop();
 		this->cam_->release();
 	}