diff --git a/target/linux/ipq806x/config-4.14 b/target/linux/ipq806x/config-4.14
index 8d31e4f77d..d64e40637e 100644
--- a/target/linux/ipq806x/config-4.14
+++ b/target/linux/ipq806x/config-4.14
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ CONFIG_NO_BOOTMEM=y
 CONFIG_NO_HZ=y
 CONFIG_NO_HZ_COMMON=y
 CONFIG_NO_HZ_IDLE=y
-CONFIG_NR_CPUS=4
+CONFIG_NR_CPUS=2
 CONFIG_NVMEM=y
 CONFIG_OF=y
 CONFIG_OF_ADDRESS=y