diff --git a/radio/src/gui/480x272/model_setup.cpp b/radio/src/gui/480x272/model_setup.cpp
index 5edb39c02..603ff9bf6 100644
--- a/radio/src/gui/480x272/model_setup.cpp
+++ b/radio/src/gui/480x272/model_setup.cpp
@@ -102,6 +102,9 @@ enum MenuModelSetupItems {
 
 void checkModelIdUnique(uint8_t moduleIdx)
 {
+  if(isModulePXX(moduleIdx) && IS_D8_RX(moduleIdx))
+    return;
+
   char* warn_buf = reusableBuffer.moduleSetup.msg;
 
   // cannot rely exactly on WARNING_LINE_LEN so using WARNING_LINE_LEN-2
diff --git a/radio/src/opentx.cpp b/radio/src/opentx.cpp
index 07f2dad2b..cebe9c335 100644
--- a/radio/src/opentx.cpp
+++ b/radio/src/opentx.cpp
@@ -370,6 +370,9 @@ void applyDefaultTemplate()
 #if defined(EEPROM)
 void checkModelIdUnique(uint8_t index, uint8_t module)
 {
+  if(isModulePXX(module) && IS_D8_RX(module))
+    return;
+
   uint8_t modelId = g_model.header.modelId[module];
   uint8_t additionalOnes = 0;
   char * name = reusableBuffer.moduleSetup.msg;