diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/configs/rcu/TREE10 b/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/configs/rcu/TREE10
index 2debe7891aeb..7311f84a5876 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/configs/rcu/TREE10
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/configs/rcu/TREE10
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 CONFIG_SMP=y
-CONFIG_NR_CPUS=100
+CONFIG_NR_CPUS=56
 CONFIG_PREEMPT_NONE=y
 CONFIG_PREEMPT_VOLUNTARY=n
 CONFIG_PREEMPT=n