diff --git a/apps/px4io/controls.c b/apps/px4io/controls.c
index 6b51647569..37872d3569 100644
--- a/apps/px4io/controls.c
+++ b/apps/px4io/controls.c
@@ -119,7 +119,6 @@ controls_tick() {
 
 	ASSERT(r_raw_rc_count <= MAX_CONTROL_CHANNELS);
 
-
 	/*
 	 * In some cases we may have received a frame, but input has still
 	 * been lost.
@@ -168,8 +167,8 @@ controls_tick() {
 
 				int16_t scaled = raw;
 
-				/* adjust to zero-relative (-500..500) */
-				scaled -= 1500;
+				/* adjust to zero-relative around center */
+				scaled -= conf[PX4IO_P_RC_CONFIG_CENTER];
 
 				/* scale to fixed-point representation (-10000..10000) */
 				scaled *= 20;