diff --git a/package/libwebsockets/libwebsockets.mk b/package/libwebsockets/libwebsockets.mk
index e53febfce455..90ab5da0c9de 100644
--- a/package/libwebsockets/libwebsockets.mk
+++ b/package/libwebsockets/libwebsockets.mk
@@ -18,15 +18,14 @@ LIBWEBSOCKETS_CONF_OPTS = \
 	-DLWS_WITHOUT_EXTENSIONS=OFF
 
 # If LWS_MAX_SMP=1, then there is no code related to pthreads compiled
-# in the library. If unset, LWS_MAX_SMP defaults to 32 and a small
-# amount of pthread mutex code is built into the library.
+# in the library. If unset, LWS_MAX_SMP defaults to 1.
 ifeq ($(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS),)
 LIBWEBSOCKETS_CONF_OPTS += \
 	-DLWS_MAX_SMP=1 \
 	-DLWS_WITH_SYS_SMD=OFF
 else
 LIBWEBSOCKETS_CONF_OPTS += \
-	-DLWS_MAX_SMP= \
+	-DLWS_MAX_SMP=32 \
 	-DLWS_WITH_SYS_SMD=ON
 endif