diff --git a/boards/xtensa/esp32/esp32-devkitc/configs/coex/defconfig b/boards/xtensa/esp32/esp32-devkitc/configs/coex/defconfig
index fc76fcd58f7..c1335289651 100644
--- a/boards/xtensa/esp32/esp32-devkitc/configs/coex/defconfig
+++ b/boards/xtensa/esp32/esp32-devkitc/configs/coex/defconfig
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ CONFIG_FS_SPIFFS=y
 CONFIG_HAVE_CXX=y
 CONFIG_HAVE_CXXINITIALIZE=y
 CONFIG_IDLETHREAD_STACKSIZE=3072
+CONFIG_INIT_ENTRYPOINT="nsh_main"
 CONFIG_INTELHEX_BINARY=y
 CONFIG_LIBC_LONG_LONG=y
 CONFIG_MM_REGIONS=3
@@ -129,7 +130,6 @@ CONFIG_TASK_SPAWN_DEFAULT_STACKSIZE=2048
 CONFIG_TELNET_CHARACTER_MODE=y
 CONFIG_TELNET_IOTHREAD_STACKSIZE=2048
 CONFIG_UART0_SERIAL_CONSOLE=y
-CONFIG_USER_ENTRYPOINT="nsh_main"
 CONFIG_WIRELESS=y
 CONFIG_WIRELESS_BLUETOOTH=y
 CONFIG_WIRELESS_WAPI=y