diff --git a/src/AutoPilotPlugins/APM/APMAirframeComponentController.cc b/src/AutoPilotPlugins/APM/APMAirframeComponentController.cc
index cf61b4aaca457913f6eddefc04d078d5df7d6811..1823c3eac362c82d080749453fc450a36b774f41 100644
--- a/src/AutoPilotPlugins/APM/APMAirframeComponentController.cc
+++ b/src/AutoPilotPlugins/APM/APMAirframeComponentController.cc
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ static QString s_findImageResourceRover(int frameClass, int frameType)
 }
 
 APMAirframeComponentController::APMAirframeComponentController(void)
-    : _frameClassFact   (getParameterFact(FactSystem::defaultComponentId, QStringLiteral("FRAME_CLASS")))
+    : _frameClassFact   (getParameterFact(FactSystem::defaultComponentId, QStringLiteral("FRAME_CLASS"), false /* reportMissing */))
     , _frameTypeFact    (getParameterFact(FactSystem::defaultComponentId, QStringLiteral("FRAME_TYPE"), false /* reportMissing */))
     , _frameClassModel  (new QmlObjectListModel(this))
 {