diff --git a/include/libcamera/internal/v4l2_subdevice.h b/include/libcamera/internal/v4l2_subdevice.h
index 6fda52ad..2db392d5 100644
--- a/include/libcamera/internal/v4l2_subdevice.h
+++ b/include/libcamera/internal/v4l2_subdevice.h
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
 #include <string>
 #include <vector>
 
+#include <linux/v4l2-subdev.h>
+
 #include <libcamera/base/class.h>
 #include <libcamera/base/log.h>
 
@@ -44,8 +46,8 @@ public:
 	using Formats = std::map<unsigned int, std::vector<SizeRange>>;
 
 	enum Whence {
-		ActiveFormat,
-		TryFormat,
+		TryFormat = V4L2_SUBDEV_FORMAT_TRY,
+		ActiveFormat = V4L2_SUBDEV_FORMAT_ACTIVE,
 	};
 
 	explicit V4L2Subdevice(const MediaEntity *entity);
diff --git a/src/libcamera/v4l2_subdevice.cpp b/src/libcamera/v4l2_subdevice.cpp
index 98a3911a..37960b76 100644
--- a/src/libcamera/v4l2_subdevice.cpp
+++ b/src/libcamera/v4l2_subdevice.cpp
@@ -416,8 +416,7 @@ int V4L2Subdevice::getFormat(unsigned int pad, V4L2SubdeviceFormat *format,
 			     Whence whence)
 {
 	struct v4l2_subdev_format subdevFmt = {};
-	subdevFmt.which = whence == ActiveFormat ? V4L2_SUBDEV_FORMAT_ACTIVE
-			: V4L2_SUBDEV_FORMAT_TRY;
+	subdevFmt.which = whence;
 	subdevFmt.pad = pad;
 
 	int ret = ioctl(VIDIOC_SUBDEV_G_FMT, &subdevFmt);
@@ -452,8 +451,7 @@ int V4L2Subdevice::setFormat(unsigned int pad, V4L2SubdeviceFormat *format,
 			     Whence whence)
 {
 	struct v4l2_subdev_format subdevFmt = {};
-	subdevFmt.which = whence == ActiveFormat ? V4L2_SUBDEV_FORMAT_ACTIVE
-			: V4L2_SUBDEV_FORMAT_TRY;
+	subdevFmt.which = whence;
 	subdevFmt.pad = pad;
 	subdevFmt.format.width = format->size.width;
 	subdevFmt.format.height = format->size.height;