diff --git a/src/modules/sensors/CMakeLists.txt b/src/modules/sensors/CMakeLists.txt
index 0b5993a9ea..b373b18173 100644
--- a/src/modules/sensors/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/modules/sensors/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ px4_add_module(
 	MODULE modules__sensors
 	MAIN sensors
 	PRIORITY "SCHED_PRIORITY_MAX-5"
-	STACK_MAIN 2000
+	STACK_MAIN 1200
 	COMPILE_FLAGS
 		-O3
 	SRCS