diff --git a/src/modules/mavlink/mavlink_main.cpp b/src/modules/mavlink/mavlink_main.cpp
index 25dc018447..34596320fe 100644
--- a/src/modules/mavlink/mavlink_main.cpp
+++ b/src/modules/mavlink/mavlink_main.cpp
@@ -1630,7 +1630,7 @@ Mavlink::start(int argc, char *argv[])
 	task_spawn_cmd(buf,
 		       SCHED_DEFAULT,
 		       SCHED_PRIORITY_DEFAULT,
-		       5000,
+		       2700,
 		       (main_t)&Mavlink::start_helper,
 		       (const char **)argv);