diff --git a/sw/airborne/mcu_periph/sys_time.h b/sw/airborne/mcu_periph/sys_time.h
index edf559c676..d7b5357235 100644
--- a/sw/airborne/mcu_periph/sys_time.h
+++ b/sw/airborne/mcu_periph/sys_time.h
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 #include BOARD_CONFIG
 
 #ifndef SYS_TIME_NB_TIMER
-#define SYS_TIME_NB_TIMER 8
+#define SYS_TIME_NB_TIMER 16
 #endif