diff --git a/arch/mips/configs/generic_defconfig b/arch/mips/configs/generic_defconfig
index a638028b1425..26b1cd5ffbf5 100644
--- a/arch/mips/configs/generic_defconfig
+++ b/arch/mips/configs/generic_defconfig
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ CONFIG_CPU_LITTLE_ENDIAN=y
 CONFIG_MIPS_CPS=y
 CONFIG_CPU_HAS_MSA=y
 CONFIG_HIGHMEM=y
-CONFIG_NR_CPUS=2
+CONFIG_NR_CPUS=16
 CONFIG_MIPS_O32_FP64_SUPPORT=y
 CONFIG_SYSVIPC=y
 CONFIG_NO_HZ_IDLE=y