diff --git a/drivers/video/video_esp32_dvp.c b/drivers/video/video_esp32_dvp.c
index d9c3b64d9656a..9525e89503afd 100644
--- a/drivers/video/video_esp32_dvp.c
+++ b/drivers/video/video_esp32_dvp.c
@@ -245,6 +245,9 @@ static int video_esp32_get_caps(const struct device *dev, struct video_caps *cap
 {
 	const struct video_esp32_config *config = dev->config;
 
+	/* Two buffers are needed to perform transfers */
+	caps->min_vbuf_count = 2;
+
 	/* ESP32 produces full frames */
 	caps->min_line_count = caps->max_line_count = LINE_COUNT_HEIGHT;
 
diff --git a/samples/drivers/video/capture/boards/esp32s3_eye_procpu.conf b/samples/drivers/video/capture/boards/esp32s3_eye_procpu.conf
index 6066d50dd1993..de363fd3e77f2 100644
--- a/samples/drivers/video/capture/boards/esp32s3_eye_procpu.conf
+++ b/samples/drivers/video/capture/boards/esp32s3_eye_procpu.conf
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-CONFIG_VIDEO_BUFFER_POOL_SZ_MAX=40000
-CONFIG_VIDEO_BUFFER_POOL_NUM_MAX=3
+CONFIG_VIDEO_BUFFER_POOL_SZ_MAX=115200
+CONFIG_VIDEO_BUFFER_POOL_NUM_MAX=2
 CONFIG_ESP_SPIRAM=y
 CONFIG_SPIRAM_MODE_OCT=y
 CONFIG_VIDEO_BUFFER_POOL_ALIGN=32
@@ -10,4 +10,3 @@ CONFIG_VIDEO_FRAME_HEIGHT=240
 CONFIG_VIDEO_FRAME_WIDTH=240
 CONFIG_VIDEO_PIXEL_FORMAT="RGBP"
 CONFIG_VIDEO_CTRL_VFLIP=y
-CONFIG_ST7789V_BGR565=y