diff --git a/ROMFS/px4fmu_common/init.d/rc.sensors b/ROMFS/px4fmu_common/init.d/rc.sensors
index 5353e8d8cc..6685b41a07 100644
--- a/ROMFS/px4fmu_common/init.d/rc.sensors
+++ b/ROMFS/px4fmu_common/init.d/rc.sensors
@@ -124,26 +124,25 @@ then
 	# differential pressure sensors
 	if [ ${VEHICLE_TYPE} = fw -o ${VEHICLE_TYPE} = vtol ]
 	then
-		if param compare CBRK_AIRSPD_CHK 0
+		# Always try to start the airspeed sensors
+		# even if their usage might be disabled
+		sdp3x_airspeed start -X -q
+		sdp3x_airspeed start -X -a 0x22 -q
+
+		# Pixhawk 2.1 has a MS5611 on I2C which gets wrongly
+		# detected as MS5525 because the chip manufacturer was so
+		# clever to assign the same I2C address and skip a WHO_AM_I
+		# register.
+		if [ $BOARD_FMUV3 = 21 ]
 		then
-			sdp3x_airspeed start -X -q
-			sdp3x_airspeed start -X -a 0x22 -q
-
-			# Pixhawk 2.1 has a MS5611 on I2C which gets wrongly
-			# detected as MS5525 because the chip manufacturer was so
-			# clever to assign the same I2C address and skip a WHO_AM_I
-			# register.
-			if [ $BOARD_FMUV3 = 21 ]
-			then
-				ms5525_airspeed start -X -b 2 -q
-			else
-				ms5525_airspeed start -X -q
-			fi
-
-			ms4525_airspeed start -X -q
-
-			ets_airspeed start -X -q
+			ms5525_airspeed start -X -b 2 -q
+		else
+			ms5525_airspeed start -X -q
 		fi
+
+		ms4525_airspeed start -X -q
+
+		ets_airspeed start -X -q
 	fi
 fi