diff --git a/src/drivers/boards/px4fmu-v4/px4fmu_init.c b/src/drivers/boards/px4fmu-v4/px4fmu_init.c
index 37852242fb..55327c1605 100644
--- a/src/drivers/boards/px4fmu-v4/px4fmu_init.c
+++ b/src/drivers/boards/px4fmu-v4/px4fmu_init.c
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ __EXPORT int nsh_archinitialize(void)
 	 */
 
 	// XXX start with 10.4 MHz and go up to 20 once validated
-	SPI_SETFREQUENCY(spi2, 12 * 1000 * 1000);
+	SPI_SETFREQUENCY(spi2, 20 * 1000 * 1000);
 	SPI_SETBITS(spi2, 8);
 	SPI_SETMODE(spi2, SPIDEV_MODE3);
 	SPI_SELECT(spi2, SPIDEV_FLASH, false);