diff --git a/qemu.mk b/qemu.mk
index 79335011c766ecb3a7e40dcd97154a2a1971566f..d17e692eb1f2451fd2d4a5b46a0615bf1e9bb6dc 100644
--- a/qemu.mk
+++ b/qemu.mk
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ run: all
 	ln -sf $(ROOT)/out-br/images/rootfs.cpio.gz $(BINARIES_PATH)/
 	$(MAKE) run-only
 
-QEMU_SMP ?= 1
+QEMU_SMP ?= 2
 
 .PHONY: run-only
 run-only:
diff --git a/qemu_v8.mk b/qemu_v8.mk
index 50af4148fac3a0eda6fb902c4a93be7101b3f0a8..9c9a44c4d5b0f7d04869757e947651ba4b54aff1 100644
--- a/qemu_v8.mk
+++ b/qemu_v8.mk
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ soc-term-clean:
 run: all
 	$(MAKE) run-only
 
-QEMU_SMP ?= 1
+QEMU_SMP ?= 2
 
 .PHONY: run-only
 run-only: