diff --git a/ROMFS/px4fmu_common/init.d/rc.sensors b/ROMFS/px4fmu_common/init.d/rc.sensors
index d523ef4791..4082f8eab3 100644
--- a/ROMFS/px4fmu_common/init.d/rc.sensors
+++ b/ROMFS/px4fmu_common/init.d/rc.sensors
@@ -146,6 +146,11 @@ else
 	else
 		if ets_airspeed start -b 1
 		then
+		else
+			if [ $BOARD_FMUV3 == true ]
+			then
+				meas_airspeed start -b 2
+			fi
 		fi
 	fi
 fi