diff --git a/arch/arc/Kconfig b/arch/arc/Kconfig
index 524e6fce2c899027b57f5784b88ece4023a87b41..fb4177e482604dec239129f89433ad99f29989e3 100644
--- a/arch/arc/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arc/Kconfig
@@ -145,8 +145,8 @@ config ARC_HAS_REENTRANT_IRQ_LV2
 endif
 
 config NR_CPUS
-	int "Maximum number of CPUs (2-32)"
-	range 2 32
+	int "Maximum number of CPUs (2-4096)"
+	range 2 4096
 	depends on SMP
 	default "2"