diff --git a/firmware/application/apps/ais_app.cpp b/firmware/application/apps/ais_app.cpp
index 3903cb67d059bc682968a19491cb38fd91ff7fae..89244e87e7da56524b517610222255423388a950 100644
--- a/firmware/application/apps/ais_app.cpp
+++ b/firmware/application/apps/ais_app.cpp
@@ -53,8 +53,7 @@ static std::string latlon(const Latitude latitude, const Longitude longitude) {
 }
 
 static float latlon_float(const int32_t normalized) {
-	const uint32_t normalized_abs = std::abs(normalized);
-	return ((((float) normalized_abs) * 5) / 3) / (100 * 10000);
+	return ((((float) normalized) * 5) / 3) / (100 * 10000);
 }
 
 static std::string mmsi(