diff --git a/src/modules/land_detector/FixedwingLandDetector.cpp b/src/modules/land_detector/FixedwingLandDetector.cpp
index f91046a95905..4ed4a353ab22 100644
--- a/src/modules/land_detector/FixedwingLandDetector.cpp
+++ b/src/modules/land_detector/FixedwingLandDetector.cpp
@@ -109,8 +109,8 @@ bool FixedwingLandDetector::_get_landed_state()
 		const float acc_hor = matrix::Vector2f(_acceleration).norm();
 		_xy_accel_filtered = _xy_accel_filtered * 0.8f + acc_hor * 0.18f;
 
-		// Check for angular velocity (disregard yaw)
-		const float rot_vel_hor = _angular_velocity.xy().norm();
+		// Check for angular velocity
+		const float rot_vel_hor = _angular_velocity.norm();
 		val = _velocity_rot_filtered * 0.95f + rot_vel_hor * 0.05f;
 
 		if (PX4_ISFINITE(val)) {