diff --git a/src/drivers/px4io/px4io.cpp b/src/drivers/px4io/px4io.cpp
index dc6f98b54c..6bd56110c0 100644
--- a/src/drivers/px4io/px4io.cpp
+++ b/src/drivers/px4io/px4io.cpp
@@ -881,7 +881,7 @@ PX4IO::init()
 	_task = px4_task_spawn_cmd("px4io",
 				   SCHED_DEFAULT,
 				   SCHED_PRIORITY_ACTUATOR_OUTPUTS,
-				   1500,
+				   1536,
 				   (px4_main_t)&PX4IO::task_main_trampoline,
 				   nullptr);