diff --git a/src/libcamera/pipeline/simple/simple.cpp b/src/libcamera/pipeline/simple/simple.cpp
index 1e13bd744..3ddce71d3 100644
--- a/src/libcamera/pipeline/simple/simple.cpp
+++ b/src/libcamera/pipeline/simple/simple.cpp
@@ -1145,7 +1145,7 @@ CameraConfiguration::Status SimpleCameraConfiguration::validate()
 			cfg.frameSize = format.planes[0].size;
 		}
 
-		cfg.bufferCount = 3;
+		cfg.bufferCount = 4;
 	}
 
 	return status;