diff --git a/media_softlet/agnostic/common/vp/hal/feature_manager/sw_filter_pipe.h b/media_softlet/agnostic/common/vp/hal/feature_manager/sw_filter_pipe.h
index e6e2c541c74..553cc6540df 100644
--- a/media_softlet/agnostic/common/vp/hal/feature_manager/sw_filter_pipe.h
+++ b/media_softlet/agnostic/common/vp/hal/feature_manager/sw_filter_pipe.h
@@ -205,7 +205,8 @@ class SwFilterPipe
 
     RenderTargetType GetRenderTargetType()
     {
-        for (auto subpipe : m_InputPipes)
+        std::vector<SwFilterSubPipe *> &pipes = (m_InputPipes.size() == 0) ? m_OutputPipes : m_InputPipes;
+        for (auto subpipe : pipes)
         {
             if (subpipe)
             {