diff --git a/src/state/CallViewModel/CallViewModel.test.ts b/src/state/CallViewModel/CallViewModel.test.ts
index 15eafbe86..5944a59c3 100644
--- a/src/state/CallViewModel/CallViewModel.test.ts
+++ b/src/state/CallViewModel/CallViewModel.test.ts
@@ -1746,6 +1746,43 @@ describe("a camera with a video processor", () => {
     expect(participation!.publish).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
   });
 
+  it("turns the camera on only once its processor is on the track", async () => {
+    const setHandler = vi.spyOn(MuteState.prototype, "setHandler");
+    onTestFinished(() => setHandler.mockRestore());
+    const effects$ = new BehaviorSubject<BackgroundEffectsState>({
+      supported: true,
+      processor: undefined,
+      wait: "preparing",
+    });
+    let participation: RTCParticipation | undefined;
+    withCallViewModel(
+      {},
+      (_vm, _session, { rtcParticipation }) => {
+        participation = rtcParticipation;
+      },
+      { backgroundEffectsState$: effects$ },
+    );
+    const camera = participation!.localMember$.value?.tracks$.value?.find(
+      (track) => track.source === "camera",
+    ) as LocalVideoMediaTrack;
+    // Attaching takes its time, as the pipeline is built on the track
+    let attached!: () => void;
+    vi.mocked(camera.setProcessor).mockReturnValueOnce(
+      new Promise<void>((resolve) => {
+        attached = resolve;
+      }),
+    );
+    const turnedOn = cameraHandler(setHandler)(true);
+    effects$.next({ supported: true, processor });
+    await flushPromises();
+    expect(camera.setProcessor).toHaveBeenCalledWith(processor);
+    expect(camera.setEnabled).not.toHaveBeenCalledWith(true);
+
+    attached();
+    await turnedOn;
+    expect(camera.setEnabled).toHaveBeenCalledWith(true);
+  });
+
   // The SDK builds the processor on the camera's restart, before the room
   // sees a frame, so the track is unmuted rather than published anew
   it("turns on a camera turned off before the processor was chosen", async () => {
diff --git a/src/state/CallViewModel/CallViewModel.ts b/src/state/CallViewModel/CallViewModel.ts
index dae39e1d3..114a4feba 100644
--- a/src/state/CallViewModel/CallViewModel.ts
+++ b/src/state/CallViewModel/CallViewModel.ts
@@ -533,6 +533,19 @@ export function createCallViewModel$(
     "screenShare",
   ) as Behavior<LocalVideoMediaTrack | undefined>;
 
+  const processorAttached = followProcessor(
+    scope,
+    camera$,
+    videoProcessor$,
+    logger,
+  );
+
+  // A camera turned on waits for its processor to be known, then to be on
+  // the track: LiveKit restarts the track with whatever processor it has then.
+  const cameraReady = async (): Promise<void> => {
+    await processorKnown();
+    await processorAttached();
+  };
   const supply = (source: "microphone" | "camera"): TrackSupply => ({
     publish: async () =>
       rtcParticipation.publish(
@@ -543,7 +556,7 @@ export function createCallViewModel$(
           source === "camera" ? videoProcessor$.value : undefined,
         ),
       ),
-    ready: source === "camera" ? processorKnown : undefined,
+    ready: source === "camera" ? cameraReady : undefined,
   });
   followMuteState(
     scope,
@@ -606,8 +619,6 @@ export function createCallViewModel$(
         });
       });
 
-  followProcessor(scope, camera$, videoProcessor$, logger);
-
   const members$ = scope.behavior<(LocalRTCMember | RemoteRTCMember)[]>(
     combineLatest(
       [rtcParticipation.localMember$, rtcParticipation.remoteMembers$],
diff --git a/src/state/localMediaControls.ts b/src/state/localMediaControls.ts
index 580d4f100..f22617597 100644
--- a/src/state/localMediaControls.ts
+++ b/src/state/localMediaControls.ts
@@ -97,18 +97,23 @@ export function followDevice(
 /**
  * Attached once the camera track exists rather than carried in the publish
  * request, so that a new track and a change of processor take the same path.
+ * Answers with a wait for the latest attachment to have gone through: a
+ * camera turned on before then would restart without its processor.
  */
 export function followProcessor(
   scope: ObservableScope,
   camera$: Behavior<LocalVideoMediaTrack | undefined>,
   videoProcessor$: Behavior<VideoProcessor | undefined>,
   logger: Logger,
-): void {
+): () => Promise<void> {
+  let attached = Promise.resolve();
   combineLatest([camera$, videoProcessor$])
     .pipe(scope.bind())
     .subscribe(([camera, processor]) => {
-      camera?.setProcessor(processor).catch((e) => {
-        logger.error("Failed to set the video processor", e);
-      });
+      attached =
+        camera?.setProcessor(processor).catch((e) => {
+          logger.error("Failed to set the video processor", e);
+        }) ?? Promise.resolve();
     });
+  return async () => attached;
 }