diff --git a/src/modules/local_position_estimator/BlockLocalPositionEstimator.cpp b/src/modules/local_position_estimator/BlockLocalPositionEstimator.cpp
index 31a86c5914..6c170a18b0 100644
--- a/src/modules/local_position_estimator/BlockLocalPositionEstimator.cpp
+++ b/src/modules/local_position_estimator/BlockLocalPositionEstimator.cpp
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ BlockLocalPositionEstimator::BlockLocalPositionEstimator() :
 	_lastArmedState(false),
 
 	// masks
-	_sensorTimeout(255),
+	_sensorTimeout(UINT16_MAX),
 	_sensorFault(0),
 	_estimatorInitialized(0)
 {