diff --git a/src/drivers/l3gd20/l3gd20.cpp b/src/drivers/l3gd20/l3gd20.cpp
index 0319b601e7..82c18b5c14 100644
--- a/src/drivers/l3gd20/l3gd20.cpp
+++ b/src/drivers/l3gd20/l3gd20.cpp
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ static const int ERROR = -1;
   This time reduction is enough to cope with worst case timing jitter
   due to other timers
  */
-#define L3GD20_TIMER_REDUCTION				200
+#define L3GD20_TIMER_REDUCTION				600
 
 extern "C" { __EXPORT int l3gd20_main(int argc, char *argv[]); }