diff --git a/platforms/nuttx/src/px4/common/print_load.cpp b/platforms/nuttx/src/px4/common/print_load.cpp
index 70a17dfd0a..3770f4ba8a 100644
--- a/platforms/nuttx/src/px4/common/print_load.cpp
+++ b/platforms/nuttx/src/px4/common/print_load.cpp
@@ -222,19 +222,16 @@ void print_load_buffer(char *buffer, int buffer_length, print_load_callback_f cb
 		uint8_t tcb_sched_priority = system_load.tasks[i].tcb->sched_priority;
 
 		unsigned int tcb_num_used_fds = 0; // number of used file descriptors
-#if CONFIG_NFILE_DESCRIPTORS > 0
-		FAR struct task_group_s *group = system_load.tasks[i].tcb->group;
+		struct filelist *filelist = &system_load.tasks[i].tcb->group->tg_filelist;
 
-		if (group) {
-			for (int fd_index = 0; fd_index < CONFIG_NFILE_DESCRIPTORS; ++fd_index) {
-				if (group->tg_filelist.fl_files[fd_index].f_inode) {
+		for (int fdr = 0; fdr < filelist->fl_rows; fdr++) {
+			for (int fdc = 0; fdc < CONFIG_NFILE_DESCRIPTORS_PER_BLOCK; fdc++) {
+				if (filelist->fl_files[fdr][fdc].f_inode) {
 					++tcb_num_used_fds;
 				}
 			}
 		}
 
-#endif
-
 		sched_unlock();
 
 		switch (tcb_task_state) {