diff --git a/src/surface.c b/src/surface.c
index 38954cc..a6abb9b 100644
--- a/src/surface.c
+++ b/src/surface.c
@@ -71,29 +71,35 @@ VAStatus RequestCreateSurfaces2(VADriverContextP context, unsigned int format,
 	if (format != VA_RT_FORMAT_YUV420)
 		return VA_STATUS_ERROR_UNSUPPORTED_RT_FORMAT;
 
-	found = v4l2_find_format(driver_data->video_fd,
-				 V4L2_BUF_TYPE_VIDEO_CAPTURE,
-				 V4L2_PIX_FMT_SUNXI_TILED_NV12);
-	if (found)
-		video_format = video_format_find(V4L2_PIX_FMT_SUNXI_TILED_NV12);
 
-	found = v4l2_find_format(driver_data->video_fd,
-				 V4L2_BUF_TYPE_VIDEO_CAPTURE,
-				 V4L2_PIX_FMT_NV12);
-	if (found)
-		video_format = video_format_find(V4L2_PIX_FMT_NV12);
+        if (!driver_data->video_format) {
+		found = v4l2_find_format(driver_data->video_fd,
+					 V4L2_BUF_TYPE_VIDEO_CAPTURE,
+					 V4L2_PIX_FMT_SUNXI_TILED_NV12);
+		if (found)
+			video_format = video_format_find(V4L2_PIX_FMT_SUNXI_TILED_NV12);
 
-	if (video_format == NULL)
-		return VA_STATUS_ERROR_OPERATION_FAILED;
+		found = v4l2_find_format(driver_data->video_fd,
+					 V4L2_BUF_TYPE_VIDEO_CAPTURE,
+					 V4L2_PIX_FMT_NV12);
+		if (found)
+			video_format = video_format_find(V4L2_PIX_FMT_NV12);
 
-	driver_data->video_format = video_format;
+		if (video_format == NULL)
+			return VA_STATUS_ERROR_OPERATION_FAILED;
 
-	capture_type = v4l2_type_video_capture(video_format->v4l2_mplane);
+		driver_data->video_format = video_format;
 
-	rc = v4l2_set_format(driver_data->video_fd, capture_type,
-			     video_format->v4l2_format, width, height);
-	if (rc < 0)
-		return VA_STATUS_ERROR_OPERATION_FAILED;
+		capture_type = v4l2_type_video_capture(video_format->v4l2_mplane);
+
+		rc = v4l2_set_format(driver_data->video_fd, capture_type,
+				     video_format->v4l2_format, width, height);
+		if (rc < 0)
+			return VA_STATUS_ERROR_OPERATION_FAILED;
+        } else {
+		video_format = driver_data->video_format;
+		capture_type = v4l2_type_video_capture(video_format->v4l2_mplane);
+	}
 
 	rc = v4l2_get_format(driver_data->video_fd, capture_type, &format_width,
 			     &format_height, destination_bytesperlines,