diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
index d0845b289adb39a960f5844b84a05e7bad542d5f..5f90dce6fbd1aecc7d5fcf758404d20ae3f87b33 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 #include <asm/kvm_page_track.h>
 
 #define KVM_MAX_VCPUS 255
-#define KVM_SOFT_MAX_VCPUS 160
+#define KVM_SOFT_MAX_VCPUS 240
 #define KVM_USER_MEM_SLOTS 509
 /* memory slots that are not exposed to userspace */
 #define KVM_PRIVATE_MEM_SLOTS 3