diff --git a/target/linux/lantiq/ase/config-6.6 b/target/linux/lantiq/ase/config-6.6
index c4d8e575ebf..7cdb92e82fd 100644
--- a/target/linux/lantiq/ase/config-6.6
+++ b/target/linux/lantiq/ase/config-6.6
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ CONFIG_CPU_MIPSR1=y
 CONFIG_CRC16=y
 CONFIG_CRYPTO_DEFLATE=y
 CONFIG_FIRMWARE_MEMMAP=y
+CONFIG_FORCE_NR_CPUS=y
 CONFIG_GENERIC_ALLOCATOR=y
 CONFIG_GPIO_GENERIC=y
 CONFIG_GPIO_GENERIC_PLATFORM=y