diff --git a/src/mainboard/intel/coffeelake_rvp/Kconfig b/src/mainboard/intel/coffeelake_rvp/Kconfig
index e75fe2ab6d..13e55b3f93 100644
--- a/src/mainboard/intel/coffeelake_rvp/Kconfig
+++ b/src/mainboard/intel/coffeelake_rvp/Kconfig
@@ -53,7 +53,8 @@ config CHROMEOS
 
 config MAX_CPUS
 	int
-	default 12 if BOARD_INTEL_COFFEELAKE_RVP11 || BOARD_INTEL_COFFEELAKE_RVP8
+	default 12 if BOARD_INTEL_COFFEELAKE_RVP11
+	default 16 if BOARD_INTEL_COFFEELAKE_RVP8
 	default 8
 
 config UART_FOR_CONSOLE