diff --git a/snippets/zperf/zperf.conf b/snippets/zperf/zperf.conf
index 9ca747e3f992..8010f9d3f773 100644
--- a/snippets/zperf/zperf.conf
+++ b/snippets/zperf/zperf.conf
@@ -9,4 +9,5 @@ CONFIG_NET_SHELL=y
 CONFIG_NET_ZPERF=y
 CONFIG_NET_CONTEXT_RCVTIMEO=y
 CONFIG_NET_SOCKETS=y
+CONFIG_ZVFS_OPEN_MAX=9
 CONFIG_NET_SOCKETS_POLL_MAX=9