diff --git a/apps/drivers/px4io/px4io.cpp b/apps/drivers/px4io/px4io.cpp
index 90320d3810..791964087c 100644
--- a/apps/drivers/px4io/px4io.cpp
+++ b/apps/drivers/px4io/px4io.cpp
@@ -1023,7 +1023,7 @@ PX4IO::io_publish_pwm_outputs()
 
 	/* convert from register format to float */
 	for (unsigned i = 0; i < _max_actuators; i++)
-		outputs.output[i] = REG_TO_FLOAT(ctl[i]);
+		outputs.output[i] = ctl[i];
 	outputs.noutputs = _max_actuators;
 
 	/* lazily advertise on first publication */