diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
index 074b5c760327a3132de3b12de25e78c374074b51..21a40dc7aad6f7261669875f34cdbbb79890e748 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 #include <asm/asm.h>
 #include <asm/kvm_page_track.h>
 
-#define KVM_MAX_VCPUS 255
+#define KVM_MAX_VCPUS 288
 #define KVM_SOFT_MAX_VCPUS 240
 #define KVM_USER_MEM_SLOTS 509
 /* memory slots that are not exposed to userspace */