diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/chips-media/wave5/wave5-vpu-enc.c b/drivers/media/platform/chips-media/wave5/wave5-vpu-enc.c
index a1330c54b17e..d62e8976bc52 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/chips-media/wave5/wave5-vpu-enc.c
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/chips-media/wave5/wave5-vpu-enc.c
@@ -1336,7 +1336,8 @@ static int wave5_vpu_enc_start_streaming(struct vb2_queue *q, unsigned int count
 		if (ret)
 			goto return_buffers;
 	}
-	if (inst->state == VPU_INST_STATE_OPEN && m2m_ctx->cap_q_ctx.q.streaming) {
+	if (inst->state == VPU_INST_STATE_OPEN &&
+	    (m2m_ctx->cap_q_ctx.q.streaming || q->type == V4L2_BUF_TYPE_VIDEO_CAPTURE_MPLANE)) {
 		ret = initialize_sequence(inst);
 		if (ret) {
 			dev_warn(inst->dev->dev, "Sequence not found: %d\n", ret);