diff --git a/tnc/data_handler.py b/tnc/data_handler.py
index f5676303..9f55a86c 100644
--- a/tnc/data_handler.py
+++ b/tnc/data_handler.py
@@ -1560,7 +1560,7 @@ class DATA:
         # Update data_channel timestamp
         self.data_channel_last_received = int(time.time())
 
-        if static.LOW_BANDWIDTH_MODE and mode == 255:
+        if static.LOW_BANDWIDTH_MODE:
             frametype = bytes([227])
             self.log.debug("[TNC] Requesting low bandwidth mode")