diff --git a/src/libs/device.c b/src/libs/device.c
index 6e1d57c..e072b41 100644
--- a/src/libs/device.c
+++ b/src/libs/device.c
@@ -194,7 +194,8 @@ int us_device_open(us_device_s *dev) {
 	if (_device_open_queue_buffers(dev) < 0) {
 		goto error;
 	}
-	if (dev->dma_export) {
+	if (dev->dma_export && !us_is_jpeg(run->format)) {
+		// uStreamer doesn't have any component that could handle JPEG capture via DMA
 		run->dma = !_device_open_export_to_dma(dev);
 		if (!run->dma && dev->dma_required) {
 			goto error;
diff --git a/src/ustreamer/stream.c b/src/ustreamer/stream.c
index a3a5b93..0587c7f 100644
--- a/src/ustreamer/stream.c
+++ b/src/ustreamer/stream.c
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ static us_workers_pool_s *_stream_init_loop(us_stream_s *stream) {
 		stream->dev->dma_export = (
 			stream->enc->type == US_ENCODER_TYPE_M2M_VIDEO
 			|| stream->enc->type == US_ENCODER_TYPE_M2M_IMAGE
-			|| (_RUN(h264) && !us_is_jpeg(stream->dev->run->format))
+			|| _RUN(h264) != NULL
 		);
 		if (us_device_open(stream->dev) == 0) {
 			return us_encoder_workers_pool_init(stream->enc, stream->dev);