diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/rockchip/cif/capture.c b/drivers/media/platform/rockchip/cif/capture.c
index 6e3b7ddde4b3..dcecfeefb823 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/rockchip/cif/capture.c
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/rockchip/cif/capture.c
@@ -3702,10 +3702,16 @@ static int rkcif_sanity_check_fmt(struct rkcif_stream *stream,
 	struct v4l2_device *v4l2_dev = &dev->v4l2_dev;
 	struct v4l2_rect input, *crop;
 
-	stream->cif_fmt_in = get_input_fmt(dev->active_sensor->sd,
-					   &input, stream->id, &dev->channels[stream->id]);
-	if (!stream->cif_fmt_in) {
-		v4l2_err(v4l2_dev, "Input fmt is invalid\n");
+	if (dev->terminal_sensor.sd) {
+		stream->cif_fmt_in = get_input_fmt(dev->terminal_sensor.sd,
+						   &input, stream->id,
+						   &dev->channels[stream->id]);
+		if (!stream->cif_fmt_in) {
+			v4l2_err(v4l2_dev, "Input fmt is invalid\n");
+			return -EINVAL;
+		}
+	} else {
+		v4l2_err(v4l2_dev, "terminal_sensor is invalid\n");
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}