diff --git a/src/libcamera/pipeline/simple/simple.cpp b/src/libcamera/pipeline/simple/simple.cpp
index 216ef538..0d48e1b6 100644
--- a/src/libcamera/pipeline/simple/simple.cpp
+++ b/src/libcamera/pipeline/simple/simple.cpp
@@ -324,6 +324,8 @@ int SimpleCameraData::init()
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
+	properties_ = sensor_->properties();
+
 	return 0;
 }