diff --git a/arch/s390/Kconfig b/arch/s390/Kconfig
index 5877e71..1e1a03d 100644
--- a/arch/s390/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/s390/Kconfig
@@ -347,14 +347,14 @@
 	  Even if you don't know what to do here, say Y.
 
 config NR_CPUS
-	int "Maximum number of CPUs (2-64)"
-	range 2 64
+	int "Maximum number of CPUs (2-256)"
+	range 2 256
 	depends on SMP
 	default "32" if !64BIT
 	default "64" if 64BIT
 	help
 	  This allows you to specify the maximum number of CPUs which this
-	  kernel will support.  The maximum supported value is 64 and the
+	  kernel will support. The maximum supported value is 256 and the
 	  minimum value which makes sense is 2.
 
 	  This is purely to save memory - each supported CPU adds