diff --git a/apps/px4io/controls.c b/apps/px4io/controls.c
index e80a41f15c..dc36f6c934 100644
--- a/apps/px4io/controls.c
+++ b/apps/px4io/controls.c
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ controls_tick() {
 					scaled = 10000.0f * ((raw - conf[PX4IO_P_RC_CONFIG_CENTER] - conf[PX4IO_P_RC_CONFIG_DEADZONE]) / (float)(conf[PX4IO_P_RC_CONFIG_MAX] - conf[PX4IO_P_RC_CONFIG_CENTER] - conf[PX4IO_P_RC_CONFIG_DEADZONE]));
 
 				} else if (raw < (conf[PX4IO_P_RC_CONFIG_CENTER] - conf[PX4IO_P_RC_CONFIG_DEADZONE])) {
-					scaled = 10000.0f * ((raw - conf[PX4IO_P_RC_CONFIG_CENTER] - conf[PX4IO_P_RC_CONFIG_DEADZONE]) / (float)(conf[PX4IO_P_RC_CONFIG_CENTER] - conf[PX4IO_P_RC_CONFIG_DEADZONE] - conf[PX4IO_P_RC_CONFIG_MIN]));
+					scaled = 10000.0f * ((raw - conf[PX4IO_P_RC_CONFIG_CENTER] + conf[PX4IO_P_RC_CONFIG_DEADZONE]) / (float)(conf[PX4IO_P_RC_CONFIG_CENTER] - conf[PX4IO_P_RC_CONFIG_DEADZONE] - conf[PX4IO_P_RC_CONFIG_MIN]));
 
 				} else {
 					/* in the configured dead zone, output zero */
diff --git a/apps/sensors/sensors.cpp b/apps/sensors/sensors.cpp
index d725c7727f..1f3f7707e2 100644
--- a/apps/sensors/sensors.cpp
+++ b/apps/sensors/sensors.cpp
@@ -1157,7 +1157,7 @@ Sensors::ppm_poll()
 				_rc.chan[i].scaled = (rc_input.values[i] - _parameters.trim[i] - _parameters.dz[i]) / (float)(_parameters.max[i] - _parameters.trim[i] - _parameters.dz[i]);
 
 			} else if (rc_input.values[i] < (_parameters.trim[i] - _parameters.dz[i])) {
-				_rc.chan[i].scaled = (rc_input.values[i] - _parameters.trim[i] - _parameters.dz[i]) / (float)(_parameters.trim[i] - _parameters.min[i] - _parameters.dz[i]);
+				_rc.chan[i].scaled = (rc_input.values[i] - _parameters.trim[i] + _parameters.dz[i]) / (float)(_parameters.trim[i] - _parameters.min[i] - _parameters.dz[i]);
 
 			} else {
 				/* in the configured dead zone, output zero */