diff --git a/src/drivers/px4io/px4io.cpp b/src/drivers/px4io/px4io.cpp
index 6f02ba62c8..e61454b008 100644
--- a/src/drivers/px4io/px4io.cpp
+++ b/src/drivers/px4io/px4io.cpp
@@ -2592,7 +2592,7 @@ PX4IO::ioctl(file * filep, int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 		   on param_get() 
 		*/
 		struct pwm_output_rc_config* config = (struct pwm_output_rc_config*)arg;
-		if (config->channel >= _max_actuators) {
+		if (config->channel >= RC_INPUT_MAX_CHANNELS) {
 			/* fail with error */
 			return E2BIG;
 		}