diff --git a/src/drivers/px4fmu/fmu.cpp b/src/drivers/px4fmu/fmu.cpp
index 3b2bca1a4c..eee9765b36 100644
--- a/src/drivers/px4fmu/fmu.cpp
+++ b/src/drivers/px4fmu/fmu.cpp
@@ -1033,7 +1033,7 @@ PX4FMU::cycle()
 			_current_update_rate = 0;
 		}
 
-		int poll_timeout = 5;
+		int poll_timeout = 10;
 
 		if (!_run_as_task) {
 			/*