diff --git a/target/linux/x86/64/config-5.4 b/target/linux/x86/64/config-5.4
index 69f44f7de..64848c49c 100644
--- a/target/linux/x86/64/config-5.4
+++ b/target/linux/x86/64/config-5.4
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ CONFIG_ND_CLAIM=y
 CONFIG_NEED_DMA_MAP_STATE=y
 CONFIG_NET_FAILOVER=y
 CONFIG_NET_FLOW_LIMIT=y
-CONFIG_NR_CPUS=8
+CONFIG_NR_CPUS=20
 CONFIG_NR_CPUS_DEFAULT=64
 CONFIG_NR_CPUS_RANGE_BEGIN=2
 CONFIG_NR_CPUS_RANGE_END=512