diff --git a/src/modules/mavlink/mavlink_receiver.cpp b/src/modules/mavlink/mavlink_receiver.cpp
index 7b6fad6589..9fc7b748ad 100644
--- a/src/modules/mavlink/mavlink_receiver.cpp
+++ b/src/modules/mavlink/mavlink_receiver.cpp
@@ -871,7 +871,7 @@ receive_start(int uart)
 	param.sched_priority = SCHED_PRIORITY_MAX - 40;
 	(void)pthread_attr_setschedparam(&receiveloop_attr, &param);
 
-	pthread_attr_setstacksize(&receiveloop_attr, 3000);
+	pthread_attr_setstacksize(&receiveloop_attr, 1816);
 
 	pthread_t thread;
 	pthread_create(&thread, &receiveloop_attr, receive_thread, &uart);