diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/ti-vpe/cal-camerarx.c b/drivers/media/platform/ti-vpe/cal-camerarx.c
index 7940e47964af6726a7977729f3111b4638d6c17e..82392499e663437806c00a2b0bd499d4d951a3c6 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/ti-vpe/cal-camerarx.c
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/ti-vpe/cal-camerarx.c
@@ -49,9 +49,16 @@ static s64 cal_camerarx_get_ext_link_freq(struct cal_camerarx *phy)
 {
 	struct v4l2_fwnode_bus_mipi_csi2 *mipi_csi2 = &phy->endpoint.bus.mipi_csi2;
 	u32 num_lanes = mipi_csi2->num_data_lanes;
-	u32 bpp = phy->fmtinfo->bpp;
+	const struct cal_format_info *fmtinfo;
+	u32 bpp;
 	s64 freq;
 
+	fmtinfo = cal_format_by_code(phy->formats[CAL_CAMERARX_PAD_SINK].code);
+	if (!fmtinfo)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	bpp = fmtinfo->bpp;
+
 	freq = v4l2_get_link_freq(phy->source->ctrl_handler, bpp, 2 * num_lanes);
 	if (freq < 0) {
 		phy_err(phy, "failed to get link freq for subdev '%s'\n",
@@ -728,9 +735,6 @@ static int cal_camerarx_sd_set_fmt(struct v4l2_subdev *sd,
 					  format->which);
 	*fmt = format->format;
 
-	if (format->which == V4L2_SUBDEV_FORMAT_ACTIVE)
-		phy->fmtinfo = fmtinfo;
-
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/ti-vpe/cal.h b/drivers/media/platform/ti-vpe/cal.h
index ee42c9c48fa1e5d076794665469f7a140d0535de..7d9a2d697fc4f8b550b86cfed1a4b891f7533b71 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/ti-vpe/cal.h
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/ti-vpe/cal.h
@@ -163,7 +163,6 @@ struct cal_camerarx {
 	struct v4l2_subdev	subdev;
 	struct media_pad	pads[2];
 	struct v4l2_mbus_framefmt	formats[2];
-	const struct cal_format_info	*fmtinfo;
 };
 
 struct cal_dev {