diff --git a/src/comm/MAVLinkProtocol.cc b/src/comm/MAVLinkProtocol.cc
index a70310bfed37df495c409c57de2ad2f550f5fdc0..83853345a82b7e9b21fb1736430904684532fe8c 100644
--- a/src/comm/MAVLinkProtocol.cc
+++ b/src/comm/MAVLinkProtocol.cc
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ void MAVLinkProtocol::receiveBytes(LinkInterface* link)
             //if ()
 
             // If a new loss was detected or we just hit one 128th packet step
-            if (lastLoss != totalLossCounter || (totalReceiveCounter & 0b1111111) == 0)
+            if (lastLoss != totalLossCounter || (totalReceiveCounter & 0x7F) == 0)
             {
                 // Calculate new loss ratio
                 // Receive loss