diff --git a/src/libcamera/pipeline/raspberrypi/raspberrypi.cpp b/src/libcamera/pipeline/raspberrypi/raspberrypi.cpp
index 07ca9f5d7..e16a9c7f1 100644
--- a/src/libcamera/pipeline/raspberrypi/raspberrypi.cpp
+++ b/src/libcamera/pipeline/raspberrypi/raspberrypi.cpp
@@ -304,7 +304,8 @@ public:
 		}
 
 		/* Stop the IPA proxy thread. */
-		ipa_->stop();
+		if (ipa_)
+			ipa_->stop();
 	}
 
 	void frameStarted(uint32_t sequence);