diff --git a/alpine/kernel/kernel_config b/alpine/kernel/kernel_config
index 483a7b0f4..c8ea9d651 100644
--- a/alpine/kernel/kernel_config
+++ b/alpine/kernel/kernel_config
@@ -442,8 +442,8 @@ CONFIG_DMI=y
 # CONFIG_CALGARY_IOMMU is not set
 CONFIG_SWIOTLB=y
 CONFIG_IOMMU_HELPER=y
-CONFIG_MAXSMP=y
-CONFIG_NR_CPUS=8192
+# CONFIG_MAXSMP is not set
+CONFIG_NR_CPUS=128
 # CONFIG_SCHED_SMT is not set
 CONFIG_SCHED_MC=y
 # CONFIG_PREEMPT_NONE is not set