diff --git a/arch/arm64/configs/meson64_defconfig b/arch/arm64/configs/meson64_defconfig
index 8af44be2bfdd..31d7a471a5b7 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/configs/meson64_defconfig
+++ b/arch/arm64/configs/meson64_defconfig
@@ -331,6 +331,7 @@ CONFIG_JOYSTICK_XPAD_FF=y
 CONFIG_JOYSTICK_XPAD_LEDS=y
 CONFIG_INPUT_MISC=y
 CONFIG_INPUT_UINPUT=y
+CONFIG_LEGACY_PTY_COUNT=32
 # CONFIG_DEVMEM is not set
 # CONFIG_DEVKMEM is not set
 CONFIG_HW_RANDOM=y