diff --git a/src/drivers/px4io/px4io.cpp b/src/drivers/px4io/px4io.cpp
index 507211caad..3c7c0d2994 100644
--- a/src/drivers/px4io/px4io.cpp
+++ b/src/drivers/px4io/px4io.cpp
@@ -868,7 +868,7 @@ PX4IO::init()
 	_task = px4_task_spawn_cmd("px4io",
 				   SCHED_DEFAULT,
 				   SCHED_PRIORITY_ACTUATOR_OUTPUTS,
-				   1800,
+				   1500,
 				   (main_t)&PX4IO::task_main_trampoline,
 				   nullptr);