diff --git a/src/drivers/px4flow/px4flow.cpp b/src/drivers/px4flow/px4flow.cpp
index bb11afe0dd..84b9ef00e0 100644
--- a/src/drivers/px4flow/px4flow.cpp
+++ b/src/drivers/px4flow/px4flow.cpp
@@ -833,6 +833,8 @@ start(int argc, char *argv[])
 void
 stop()
 {
+	start_in_progress = false;
+
 	if (g_dev != nullptr) {
 		delete g_dev;
 		g_dev = nullptr;