diff --git a/src/modules/land_detector/FixedwingLandDetector.cpp b/src/modules/land_detector/FixedwingLandDetector.cpp
index f54514ce50..0ca1523115 100644
--- a/src/modules/land_detector/FixedwingLandDetector.cpp
+++ b/src/modules/land_detector/FixedwingLandDetector.cpp
@@ -64,9 +64,9 @@ bool FixedwingLandDetector::_get_landed_state()
 	_launch_detection_status_sub.copy(&launch_detection_status);
 
 	// force the landed state to stay landed if we're currently in the catapult/hand-launch launch process. Detect that we are in this state
-	// by checking if the last publication of launch_detection_status is less than 0.5s old, and we're not yet in the flying state.
+	// by checking if the last publication of launch_detection_status is less than 0.5s old, and we're still in the wait for launch state.
 	if (_landed_hysteresis.get_state() &&  hrt_elapsed_time(&launch_detection_status.timestamp) < 500_ms
-	    && launch_detection_status.launch_detection_state < launch_detection_status_s::STATE_FLYING) {
+	    && launch_detection_status.launch_detection_state == launch_detection_status_s::STATE_WAITING_FOR_LAUNCH) {
 		landDetected = true;
 
 	} else if (hrt_elapsed_time(&_vehicle_local_position.timestamp) < 1_s) {