diff --git a/src/modules/mavlink/mavlink.c b/src/modules/mavlink/mavlink.c
index 20853379de..ebf01a2f47 100644
--- a/src/modules/mavlink/mavlink.c
+++ b/src/modules/mavlink/mavlink.c
@@ -773,7 +773,7 @@ int mavlink_main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		mavlink_task = task_spawn_cmd("mavlink",
 					  SCHED_DEFAULT,
 					  SCHED_PRIORITY_DEFAULT,
-					  2048,
+					  1200,
 					  mavlink_thread_main,
 					  (const char **)argv);