diff --git a/src/Vehicle/Vehicle.cc b/src/Vehicle/Vehicle.cc
index 3221728ad874ae748e0fa14d37f0987b450f410b..ca36a1dd8fe9001553dd77a3bb2a7e205559377c 100644
--- a/src/Vehicle/Vehicle.cc
+++ b/src/Vehicle/Vehicle.cc
@@ -1500,8 +1500,11 @@ void Vehicle::_updatePriorityLink(void)
     // Check for the existing priority link to still be valid
     for (int i=0; i<_links.count(); i++) {
         if (_priorityLink.data() == _links[i]) {
-            // Still valid
-            return;
+            if (!_priorityLink.data()->highLatency()) {
+                // Link is still valid. Continue to use it unless it is high latency. In that case we still look for a better
+                // link to use as priority link.
+                return;
+            }
         }
     }