diff --git a/tests/unit/test-smp-parse.c b/tests/unit/test-smp-parse.c
index 84e3422774..2eb9533bc5 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test-smp-parse.c
+++ b/tests/unit/test-smp-parse.c
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@
 #define T true
 #define F false
 
-#define MIN_CPUS 1   /* set the min CPUs supported by the machine as 1 */
-#define MAX_CPUS 512 /* set the max CPUs supported by the machine as 512 */
+#define MIN_CPUS 1    /* set the min CPUs supported by the machine as 1 */
+#define MAX_CPUS 4096 /* set the max CPUs supported by the machine as 4096 */
 
 #define SMP_MACHINE_NAME "TEST-SMP"
 
@@ -333,13 +333,13 @@ static const struct SMPTestData data_generic_invalid[] = {
                         "by machine '" SMP_MACHINE_NAME "' is 2",
     }, {
         /*
-         * config: -smp 512
+         * config: -smp 4096
          * The test machine should tweak the supported max CPUs to
-         * 511 (MAX_CPUS - 1) for testing.
+         * 4095 (MAX_CPUS - 1) for testing.
          */
-        .config = SMP_CONFIG_GENERIC(T, MAX_CPUS, F, 0, F, 0, F, 0, F, 0),
-        .expect_error = "Invalid SMP CPUs 512. The max CPUs supported "
-                        "by machine '" SMP_MACHINE_NAME "' is 511",
+        .config = SMP_CONFIG_GENERIC(T, 4096, F, 0, F, 0, F, 0, F, 0),
+        .expect_error = "Invalid SMP CPUs 4096. The max CPUs supported "
+                        "by machine '" SMP_MACHINE_NAME "' is 4095",
     },
 };