diff --git a/src/modules/navigator/navigator_main.cpp b/src/modules/navigator/navigator_main.cpp
index e74e75905e..c8b321fd62 100644
--- a/src/modules/navigator/navigator_main.cpp
+++ b/src/modules/navigator/navigator_main.cpp
@@ -338,10 +338,10 @@ Navigator::task_main()
 		if (pret == 0) {
 			/* timed out - periodic check for _task_should_exit, etc. */
 			if (global_pos_available_once) {
-				PX4_WARN("no GPS - navigator timed out");
 				global_pos_available_once = false;
+				PX4_WARN("navigator: global position timeout");
 			}
-			continue;
+			/* Let the loop run anyway, don't do `continue` here. */
 
 		} else if (pret < 0) {
 			/* this is undesirable but not much we can do - might want to flag unhappy status */