diff --git a/system/camerad/cameras/camera_common.cc b/system/camerad/cameras/camera_common.cc
index fa09d49be3..03c26b0169 100644
--- a/system/camerad/cameras/camera_common.cc
+++ b/system/camerad/cameras/camera_common.cc
@@ -262,14 +262,14 @@ static void publish_thumbnail(PubMaster *pm, const CameraBuf *b) {
   pm->send("thumbnail", msg);
 }
 
-float set_exposure_target(const CameraBuf *b, int x_start, int x_len, int x_skip, int y_start, int y_len, int y_skip) {
+float set_exposure_target(const CameraBuf *b, AutoExposureRect ae_xywh, int x_skip, int y_skip) {
   int lum_med;
   uint32_t lum_binning[256] = {0};
   const uint8_t *pix_ptr = b->cur_yuv_buf->y;
 
   unsigned int lum_total = 0;
-  for (int y = y_start; y < y_start + y_len; y += y_skip) {
-    for (int x = x_start; x < x_start + x_len; x += x_skip) {
+  for (int y = ae_xywh.y; y < ae_xywh.y + ae_xywh.h; y += y_skip) {
+    for (int x = ae_xywh.x; x < ae_xywh.x + ae_xywh.w; x += x_skip) {
       uint8_t lum = pix_ptr[(y * b->rgb_width) + x];
       lum_binning[lum]++;
       lum_total += 1;
diff --git a/system/camerad/cameras/camera_common.h b/system/camerad/cameras/camera_common.h
index 43ae46da3d..9aafc0b987 100644
--- a/system/camerad/cameras/camera_common.h
+++ b/system/camerad/cameras/camera_common.h
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ typedef void (*process_thread_cb)(MultiCameraState *s, CameraState *c, int cnt);
 
 void fill_frame_data(cereal::FrameData::Builder &framed, const FrameMetadata &frame_data, CameraState *c);
 kj::Array<uint8_t> get_raw_frame_image(const CameraBuf *b);
-float set_exposure_target(const CameraBuf *b, int x_start, int x_len, int x_skip, int y_start, int y_len, int y_skip);
+float set_exposure_target(const CameraBuf *b, AutoExposureRect ae_xywh, int x_skip, int y_skip);
 std::thread start_process_thread(MultiCameraState *cameras, CameraState *cs, process_thread_cb callback);
 
 void cameras_init(VisionIpcServer *v, MultiCameraState *s, cl_device_id device_id, cl_context ctx);
diff --git a/system/camerad/cameras/camera_qcom2.cc b/system/camerad/cameras/camera_qcom2.cc
index 233ee71f43..9b53a64e15 100644
--- a/system/camerad/cameras/camera_qcom2.cc
+++ b/system/camerad/cameras/camera_qcom2.cc
@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ void CameraState::enqueue_req_multi(int start, int n, bool dp) {
 
 void CameraState::sensor_set_parameters() {
   target_grey_fraction = 0.3;
-  for (int i = 0; i < 4; i++) {ae_xywh[i] = ci->ae_areas[camera_num][i];}
+  ae_xywh = ci->ae_areas[camera_num];
 
   dc_gain_enabled = false;
   dc_gain_weight = ci->dc_gain_min_weight;
@@ -903,7 +903,7 @@ void CameraState::set_camera_exposure(float grey_frac) {
 }
 
 static void process_driver_camera(MultiCameraState *s, CameraState *c, int cnt) {
-  c->set_camera_exposure(set_exposure_target(&c->buf, c->ae_xywh[0], c->ae_xywh[2], 2, c->ae_xywh[1], c->ae_xywh[3], 4));
+  c->set_camera_exposure(set_exposure_target(&c->buf, c->ae_xywh, 2, 4));
 
   MessageBuilder msg;
   auto framed = msg.initEvent().initDriverCameraState();
@@ -929,7 +929,7 @@ void process_road_camera(MultiCameraState *s, CameraState *c, int cnt) {
   s->pm->send(c == &s->road_cam ? "roadCameraState" : "wideRoadCameraState", msg);
 
   const int skip = 2;
-  c->set_camera_exposure(set_exposure_target(b, c->ae_xywh[0], c->ae_xywh[2], skip, c->ae_xywh[1], c->ae_xywh[3], skip));
+  c->set_camera_exposure(set_exposure_target(b, c->ae_xywh, skip, skip));
 }
 
 void cameras_run(MultiCameraState *s) {
diff --git a/system/camerad/cameras/camera_qcom2.h b/system/camerad/cameras/camera_qcom2.h
index 30dc398403..c3317909f8 100644
--- a/system/camerad/cameras/camera_qcom2.h
+++ b/system/camerad/cameras/camera_qcom2.h
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ public:
   int new_exp_g;
   int new_exp_t;
 
-  int ae_xywh[4];
+  AutoExposureRect ae_xywh;
   float measured_grey_fraction;
   float target_grey_fraction;