diff --git a/nuttx-configs/sim/nsh/defconfig b/nuttx-configs/sim/nsh/defconfig
index 43ee60f1e4..af0f00fa13 100644
--- a/nuttx-configs/sim/nsh/defconfig
+++ b/nuttx-configs/sim/nsh/defconfig
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ CONFIG_SIG_SIGCONDTIMEDOUT=16
 CONFIG_MAX_TASKS=64
 CONFIG_MAX_TASK_ARGS=4
 CONFIG_NPTHREAD_KEYS=4
-CONFIG_NFILE_DESCRIPTORS=51
+CONFIG_NFILE_DESCRIPTORS=54
 CONFIG_NFILE_STREAMS=16
 CONFIG_NAME_MAX=32
 CONFIG_PREALLOC_MQ_MSGS=32