diff --git a/spa/plugins/libcamera/libcamera-source.cpp b/spa/plugins/libcamera/libcamera-source.cpp
index f9a1adbcb..b33c7ace5 100644
--- a/spa/plugins/libcamera/libcamera-source.cpp
+++ b/spa/plugins/libcamera/libcamera-source.cpp
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ struct port {
 	StreamConfiguration streamConfig;
 
 	uint32_t memtype = 0;
+	uint32_t buffers_blocks = 1;
 
 	struct buffer buffers[MAX_BUFFERS];
 	uint32_t n_buffers = 0;
@@ -553,7 +554,7 @@ next:
 		param = (struct spa_pod*)spa_pod_builder_add_object(&b,
 			SPA_TYPE_OBJECT_ParamBuffers, id,
 			SPA_PARAM_BUFFERS_buffers, SPA_POD_CHOICE_RANGE_Int(n_buffers, n_buffers, n_buffers),
-			SPA_PARAM_BUFFERS_blocks,  SPA_POD_Int(1),
+			SPA_PARAM_BUFFERS_blocks,  SPA_POD_Int(port->buffers_blocks),
 			SPA_PARAM_BUFFERS_size,    SPA_POD_Int(port->streamConfig.frameSize),
 			SPA_PARAM_BUFFERS_stride,  SPA_POD_Int(port->streamConfig.stride));
 		break;
diff --git a/spa/plugins/libcamera/libcamera-utils.cpp b/spa/plugins/libcamera/libcamera-utils.cpp
index 5efb79a5f..d7b467898 100644
--- a/spa/plugins/libcamera/libcamera-utils.cpp
+++ b/spa/plugins/libcamera/libcamera-utils.cpp
@@ -109,6 +109,30 @@ static int allocBuffers(struct impl *impl, struct port *port, unsigned int count
 		}
 		impl->requestPool.push_back(std::move(request));
 	}
+
+	/* Some devices require data for each output video frame to be
+	 * placed in discontiguous memory buffers. In such cases, one
+	 * video frame has to be addressed using more than one memory.
+	 * address. Therefore, need calculate the number of discontiguous
+	 * memory and allocate the specified amount of memory */
+	Stream *stream = impl->config->at(0).stream();
+	const std::vector<std::unique_ptr<FrameBuffer>> &bufs =
+			impl->allocator->buffers(stream);
+	const std::vector<libcamera::FrameBuffer::Plane> &planes = bufs[0]->planes();
+	int fd = -1;
+	uint32_t buffers_blocks = 0;
+
+	for (const FrameBuffer::Plane &plane : planes) {
+		const int current_fd = plane.fd.get();
+		if (current_fd >= 0 && current_fd != fd) {
+			buffers_blocks += 1;
+			fd = current_fd;
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (buffers_blocks > 0) {
+		port->buffers_blocks = buffers_blocks;
+	}
 	return res;
 }