diff --git a/src/v4l2/MediaControl.cpp b/src/v4l2/MediaControl.cpp
index 807d4f4bf..e94d6560a 100644
--- a/src/v4l2/MediaControl.cpp
+++ b/src/v4l2/MediaControl.cpp
@@ -1162,9 +1162,11 @@ int MediaControl::getI2CBusAddress(const string& sensorEntityName, const string&
             }
         }
 
-        // entityName example: "imx319 10-0010", sensorEntityName example: "imx319"
-        if (entityName && (strlen(entityName) > (sensorEntityNameLen + 1U))) {
-            *i2cBus = entityName + sensorEntityNameLen + 1;
+        // VIDEO_PIXEL_ARRAY is the sensor entity. Find it through the topology,
+        // matching this specific candidate's exact name instead of the shared
+        // name prefix, since multiple sensor instances (e.g. wf/uf) can share it.
+        if (checkHasSource(sinkEntity, std::string(entity.info.name))) {
+            *i2cBus = entity.info.name + sensorEntityPrefix.length();
             LOG1("i2cBus is %s", i2cBus->c_str());
             return OK;
         }