diff --git a/src/modules/manual_control/ManualControl.cpp b/src/modules/manual_control/ManualControl.cpp
index 69c5ad1e9d3..c3d021864fd 100644
--- a/src/modules/manual_control/ManualControl.cpp
+++ b/src/modules/manual_control/ManualControl.cpp
@@ -123,15 +123,19 @@ void ManualControl::processInput(hrt_abstime now)
 
 		processStickArming(_selector.setpoint());
 
-		// User override by stick: any axis velocity exceeds COM_RC_STICK_OV
+		// User override by stick
 		const float dt_s = (now - _timestamp_last_loop) / 1e6f;
 		const float velocity_threshold = _param_com_rc_stick_ov.get();
 
 		_selector.setpoint().sticks_moving =
-			(fabsf(_roll_diff.update(_selector.setpoint().roll, dt_s)) > velocity_threshold)
-			|| (fabsf(_pitch_diff.update(_selector.setpoint().pitch, dt_s)) > velocity_threshold)
-			|| (fabsf(_yaw_diff.update(_selector.setpoint().yaw, dt_s)) > velocity_threshold)
-			|| (fabsf(_throttle_diff.update(_selector.setpoint().throttle, dt_s)) > velocity_threshold);
+			(fabsf(_roll_diff.update(_selector.setpoint().roll, dt_s)) > velocity_threshold
+			 && _roll_diff.consecutiveSameSign() >= MIN_SIGN_CONSECUTIVE)
+			|| (fabsf(_pitch_diff.update(_selector.setpoint().pitch, dt_s)) > velocity_threshold
+			    && _pitch_diff.consecutiveSameSign() >= MIN_SIGN_CONSECUTIVE)
+			|| (fabsf(_yaw_diff.update(_selector.setpoint().yaw, dt_s)) > velocity_threshold
+			    && _yaw_diff.consecutiveSameSign() >= MIN_SIGN_CONSECUTIVE)
+			|| (fabsf(_throttle_diff.update(_selector.setpoint().throttle, dt_s)) > velocity_threshold
+			    && _throttle_diff.consecutiveSameSign() >= MIN_SIGN_CONSECUTIVE);
 
 		_selector.setpoint().timestamp = now;
 		_manual_control_setpoint_pub.publish(_selector.setpoint());
diff --git a/src/modules/manual_control/ManualControl.hpp b/src/modules/manual_control/ManualControl.hpp
index 345e89ec6c0..e4d1a4c4a98 100644
--- a/src/modules/manual_control/ManualControl.hpp
+++ b/src/modules/manual_control/ManualControl.hpp
@@ -132,6 +132,8 @@ private:
 	MovingDiff _yaw_diff{};
 	MovingDiff _throttle_diff{};
 
+	static constexpr uint8_t MIN_SIGN_CONSECUTIVE = 3;
+
 	perf_counter_t	_loop_perf{perf_alloc(PC_ELAPSED, MODULE_NAME": cycle")};
 	perf_counter_t	_loop_interval_perf{perf_alloc(PC_INTERVAL, MODULE_NAME": interval")};
 
diff --git a/src/modules/manual_control/MovingDiff.hpp b/src/modules/manual_control/MovingDiff.hpp
index 7fa2b8c8bee..e776be9a802 100644
--- a/src/modules/manual_control/MovingDiff.hpp
+++ b/src/modules/manual_control/MovingDiff.hpp
@@ -51,19 +51,39 @@ public:
 		if (PX4_ISFINITE(_last_value)) {
 			const float new_diff = (value - _last_value) / dt_s;
 			_difference_filter.update(new_diff);
+
+			// Count consecutive same-sign raw-velocity samples (rejects random noise).
+			const int8_t s = (new_diff > 0.f) ? 1 : (new_diff < 0.f) ? -1 : 0;
+
+			if (s != 0) {
+				if (s == _last_sign && _consecutive_same_sign < UINT8_MAX) {
+					_consecutive_same_sign++;
+
+				} else {
+					_consecutive_same_sign = 1;
+				}
+
+				_last_sign = s;
+			}
 		}
 
 		_last_value = value;
 		return _difference_filter.getState();
 	}
 
+	uint8_t consecutiveSameSign() const { return _consecutive_same_sign; }
+
 	void reset()
 	{
 		_difference_filter.reset(0.f);
 		_last_value = NAN;
+		_last_sign = 0;
+		_consecutive_same_sign = 0;
 	}
 
 private:
 	AlphaFilter<float> _difference_filter;
 	float _last_value{NAN};
+	int8_t _last_sign{0};
+	uint8_t _consecutive_same_sign{0};
 };