diff --git a/src/modules/mavlink/mavlink_main.cpp b/src/modules/mavlink/mavlink_main.cpp
index 632c8c709f..74395ec030 100644
--- a/src/modules/mavlink/mavlink_main.cpp
+++ b/src/modules/mavlink/mavlink_main.cpp
@@ -1361,7 +1361,7 @@ Mavlink::task_main(int argc, char *argv[])
 
 	/* PARAM_VALUE stream */
 	_parameters_manager = (MavlinkParametersManager *) MavlinkParametersManager::new_instance(this);
-	_parameters_manager->set_interval(interval_from_rate(80.0f));
+	_parameters_manager->set_interval(interval_from_rate(120.0f));
 	LL_APPEND(_streams, _parameters_manager);
 
 	/* MISSION_STREAM stream, actually sends all MISSION_XXX messages at some rate depending on