diff --git a/drivers/video/video_mcux_smartdma.c b/drivers/video/video_mcux_smartdma.c
index ea2be98ddef25..0fc52f74388d7 100644
--- a/drivers/video/video_mcux_smartdma.c
+++ b/drivers/video/video_mcux_smartdma.c
@@ -267,7 +267,13 @@ static int nxp_video_sdma_get_format(const struct device *dev, struct video_form
 	if ((fmt->pixelformat != fmts[0].pixelformat) ||
 	    (fmt->width != fmts[0].width_min) ||
 	    (fmt->height != fmts[0].height_min)) {
-		return -ENOTSUP;
+		ret = video_set_format(config->sensor_dev, &fmt[0]);
+		if (ret < 0) {
+			LOG_ERR("Sensor device does not support [%s] width [%u] height [%u]",
+					VIDEO_FOURCC_TO_STR(fmts[0].pixelformat),
+						fmts[0].width_min, fmts[0].height_min);
+			return ret;
+		}
 	}
 
 	fmt->pitch = fmt->width * video_bits_per_pixel(fmt->pixelformat) / BITS_PER_BYTE;
diff --git a/samples/drivers/video/capture/boards/frdm_mcxn236.conf b/samples/drivers/video/capture/boards/frdm_mcxn236.conf
index 0f4576e59d11d..ad449bf981a86 100644
--- a/samples/drivers/video/capture/boards/frdm_mcxn236.conf
+++ b/samples/drivers/video/capture/boards/frdm_mcxn236.conf
@@ -1 +1,3 @@
 CONFIG_VIDEO_BUFFER_POOL_SZ_MAX=40000
+CONFIG_VIDEO_FRAME_WIDTH=320
+CONFIG_VIDEO_FRAME_HEIGHT=240