diff --git a/sys/v4l2/gstv4l2videoenc.c b/sys/v4l2/gstv4l2videoenc.c
index 4269b28..9931329 100644
--- a/sys/v4l2/gstv4l2videoenc.c
+++ b/sys/v4l2/gstv4l2videoenc.c
@@ -337,14 +337,6 @@
     return FALSE;
   }
 
-  /* activating a capture pool will also call STREAMON. CODA driver will
-   * refuse to configure the output if the capture is stremaing. */
-  if (!gst_buffer_pool_set_active (GST_BUFFER_POOL (self->v4l2capture->pool),
-          TRUE)) {
-    GST_WARNING_OBJECT (self, "Could not activate capture buffer pool.");
-    return FALSE;
-  }
-
   self->input_state = gst_video_codec_state_ref (state);
 
   GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (self, "output caps: %" GST_PTR_FORMAT, state->caps);
@@ -742,6 +734,12 @@
         goto activate_failed;
     }
 
+    if (!gst_buffer_pool_set_active
+        (GST_BUFFER_POOL (self->v4l2capture->pool), TRUE)) {
+      GST_WARNING_OBJECT (self, "Could not activate capture buffer pool.");
+      goto activate_failed;
+    }
+
     GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (self, "Starting encoding thread");
 
     /* Start the processing task, when it quits, the task will disable input