diff --git a/arch/powerpc/configs/pseries_defconfig b/arch/powerpc/configs/pseries_defconfig
index 1f710a32ffae..5b8e1e508270 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/configs/pseries_defconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/configs/pseries_defconfig
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ CONFIG_PPC64=y
 CONFIG_ALTIVEC=y
 CONFIG_VSX=y
 CONFIG_SMP=y
-CONFIG_NR_CPUS=1024
+CONFIG_NR_CPUS=2048
 CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL=y
 CONFIG_SYSVIPC=y
 CONFIG_POSIX_MQUEUE=y