diff --git a/src/examples/px4_simple_app/px4_simple_app.c b/src/examples/px4_simple_app/px4_simple_app.c
index 7f655964d9..44e6dc7f35 100644
--- a/src/examples/px4_simple_app/px4_simple_app.c
+++ b/src/examples/px4_simple_app/px4_simple_app.c
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ int px4_simple_app_main(int argc, char *argv[])
 
 	int error_counter = 0;
 
-	while (true) {
+	for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
 		/* wait for sensor update of 1 file descriptor for 1000 ms (1 second) */
 		int poll_ret = poll(fds, 1, 1000);