diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/am437x/am437x-vpfe.c b/drivers/media/platform/am437x/am437x-vpfe.c
index a30cc2f7e4f1..4e86f8d8ca26 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/am437x/am437x-vpfe.c
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/am437x/am437x-vpfe.c
@@ -1577,7 +1577,7 @@ static int vpfe_s_fmt(struct file *file, void *priv,
 		return -EBUSY;
 	}
 
-	ret = vpfe_try_fmt(file, priv, fmt);
+	ret = vpfe_try_fmt(file, priv, &format);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;