diff --git a/samples/wifi/wfa_qt_app/prj.conf b/samples/wifi/wfa_qt_app/prj.conf
index 1f13b074f220..8aab6aa34036 100644
--- a/samples/wifi/wfa_qt_app/prj.conf
+++ b/samples/wifi/wfa_qt_app/prj.conf
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ CONFIG_WFA_QT_CONTROL_APP=y
 # Ideally this has to be done in the QT module, but we already override this in the
 # hostap module (7), so, hostap will override QT module's settings, so, we have to
 # override hostap's settings here.
-CONFIG_POSIX_MAX_FDS=12
+CONFIG_POSIX_MAX_FDS=16
 
 # WPA supplicant
 CONFIG_WPA_SUPP=y