diff --git a/nuttx-configs/px4esc-v1/nsh/defconfig b/nuttx-configs/px4esc-v1/nsh/defconfig
index 8083b69ee6..b3ddcb6eef 100644
--- a/nuttx-configs/px4esc-v1/nsh/defconfig
+++ b/nuttx-configs/px4esc-v1/nsh/defconfig
@@ -661,7 +661,7 @@ CONFIG_DEV_CONSOLE=y
 # CONFIG_FDCLONE_DISABLE is not set
 CONFIG_FDCLONE_STDIO=y
 CONFIG_SDCLONE_DISABLE=y
-CONFIG_NFILE_DESCRIPTORS=51
+CONFIG_NFILE_DESCRIPTORS=54
 CONFIG_NFILE_STREAMS=12
 CONFIG_NAME_MAX=93
 CONFIG_PRIORITY_INHERITANCE=y