diff --git a/src/drivers/px4io/px4io.cpp b/src/drivers/px4io/px4io.cpp
index 08ff3792fe..a54bb39646 100644
--- a/src/drivers/px4io/px4io.cpp
+++ b/src/drivers/px4io/px4io.cpp
@@ -1810,7 +1810,7 @@ PX4IO::print_status()
 
 	printf("\n");
 
-	if (raw_inputs > 0) {
+	if ((flags & PX4IO_P_STATUS_FLAGS_RC_PPM)) {
 		int frame_len = io_reg_get(PX4IO_PAGE_STATUS, PX4IO_P_STATUS_RC_DATA);
 		printf("RC data (PPM frame len) %u us\n", frame_len);