diff --git a/src/mainboard/intel/wtm2/Kconfig b/src/mainboard/intel/wtm2/Kconfig
index 2f6b21e9ce..6ca99495e0 100644
--- a/src/mainboard/intel/wtm2/Kconfig
+++ b/src/mainboard/intel/wtm2/Kconfig
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ config MAINBOARD_PART_NUMBER
 
 config MAX_CPUS
 	int
-	default 16
+	default 8
 
 config VGA_BIOS_FILE
 	string