diff --git a/projects/Generic/linux/linux.i386.conf b/projects/Generic/linux/linux.i386.conf
index 8d1966fc83..e74f88066f 100644
--- a/projects/Generic/linux/linux.i386.conf
+++ b/projects/Generic/linux/linux.i386.conf
@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ CONFIG_CPU_SUP_UMC_32=y
 CONFIG_HPET_TIMER=y
 CONFIG_HPET_EMULATE_RTC=y
 CONFIG_DMI=y
-CONFIG_NR_CPUS=8
+CONFIG_NR_CPUS=16
 CONFIG_SCHED_SMT=y
 CONFIG_SCHED_MC=y
 # CONFIG_PREEMPT_NONE is not set
diff --git a/projects/Generic/linux/linux.x86_64.conf b/projects/Generic/linux/linux.x86_64.conf
index 8665137916..0cd880bbd2 100644
--- a/projects/Generic/linux/linux.x86_64.conf
+++ b/projects/Generic/linux/linux.x86_64.conf
@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@ CONFIG_GART_IOMMU=y
 CONFIG_SWIOTLB=y
 CONFIG_IOMMU_HELPER=y
 # CONFIG_MAXSMP is not set
-CONFIG_NR_CPUS=8
+CONFIG_NR_CPUS=16
 CONFIG_SCHED_SMT=y
 CONFIG_SCHED_MC=y
 # CONFIG_PREEMPT_NONE is not set