diff --git a/src/soc/intel/tigerlake/Kconfig b/src/soc/intel/tigerlake/Kconfig
index 3defba4869..4ae25f0366 100644
--- a/src/soc/intel/tigerlake/Kconfig
+++ b/src/soc/intel/tigerlake/Kconfig
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ config CPU_SPECIFIC_OPTIONS
 
 config MAX_CPUS
 	int
+	default 16 if SOC_INTEL_TIGERLAKE_PCH_H
 	default 8
 
 config DCACHE_RAM_BASE