diff --git a/include/libcamera/internal/v4l2_videodevice.h b/include/libcamera/internal/v4l2_videodevice.h
index efe34d47..a1c458e4 100644
--- a/include/libcamera/internal/v4l2_videodevice.h
+++ b/include/libcamera/internal/v4l2_videodevice.h
@@ -109,6 +109,10 @@ struct V4L2Capability final : v4l2_capability {
 	{
 		return device_caps() & V4L2_CAP_STREAMING;
 	}
+	bool hasMediaController() const
+	{
+		return device_caps() & V4L2_CAP_IO_MC;
+	}
 };
 
 class V4L2BufferCache
diff --git a/src/libcamera/v4l2_videodevice.cpp b/src/libcamera/v4l2_videodevice.cpp
index 0cc622f9..4f04212d 100644
--- a/src/libcamera/v4l2_videodevice.cpp
+++ b/src/libcamera/v4l2_videodevice.cpp
@@ -140,6 +140,12 @@ LOG_DECLARE_CATEGORY(V4L2)
  * \return True if the video device provides Streaming I/O IOCTLs
  */
 
+/**
+ * \fn V4L2Capability::hasMediaController()
+ * \brief Determine if the video device uses Media Controller to configure I/O
+ * \return True if the video device is controlled by a Media Controller device
+ */
+
 /**
  * \class V4L2BufferCache
  * \brief Hot cache of associations between V4L2 buffer indexes and FrameBuffer
@@ -1019,7 +1025,7 @@ std::vector<V4L2PixelFormat> V4L2VideoDevice::enumPixelformats(uint32_t code)
 	std::vector<V4L2PixelFormat> formats;
 	int ret;
 
-	if (code && !(caps_.device_caps() & V4L2_CAP_IO_MC)) {
+	if (code && !caps_.hasMediaController()) {
 		LOG(V4L2, Error)
 			<< "Media bus code filtering not supported by the device";
 		return {};