diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index 0eacb1ffb421..9458685902bd 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -1216,8 +1216,8 @@ config NUMA_EMU
 
 config NODES_SHIFT
 	int "Maximum NUMA Nodes (as a power of 2)" if !MAXSMP
-	range 1 9
-	default "9" if MAXSMP
+	range 1 10
+	default "10" if MAXSMP
 	default "6" if X86_64
 	default "4" if X86_NUMAQ
 	default "3"