diff --git a/src/modules/mc_pos_control/mc_pos_control_main.cpp b/src/modules/mc_pos_control/mc_pos_control_main.cpp
index 6e611d4ab2..09960d106e 100644
--- a/src/modules/mc_pos_control/mc_pos_control_main.cpp
+++ b/src/modules/mc_pos_control/mc_pos_control_main.cpp
@@ -1062,7 +1062,7 @@ MulticopterPositionControl::start()
 	_control_task = task_spawn_cmd("mc_pos_control",
 				       SCHED_DEFAULT,
 				       SCHED_PRIORITY_MAX - 5,
-				       2048,
+				       2000,
 				       (main_t)&MulticopterPositionControl::task_main_trampoline,
 				       nullptr);