diff --git a/src/drivers/px4io/px4io.cpp b/src/drivers/px4io/px4io.cpp
index 3b64809e39..1c9a5adc9a 100644
--- a/src/drivers/px4io/px4io.cpp
+++ b/src/drivers/px4io/px4io.cpp
@@ -834,7 +834,7 @@ PX4IO::init()
 	_task = task_spawn_cmd("px4io",
 					SCHED_DEFAULT,
 					SCHED_PRIORITY_ACTUATOR_OUTPUTS,
-					2000,
+					1800,
 					(main_t)&PX4IO::task_main_trampoline,
 					nullptr);