diff --git a/boards/xtensa/esp32/esp32-devkitc/configs/wapi_smp/defconfig b/boards/xtensa/esp32/esp32-devkitc/configs/wapi_smp/defconfig
index a6455b9c6ab..52625e10118 100644
--- a/boards/xtensa/esp32/esp32-devkitc/configs/wapi_smp/defconfig
+++ b/boards/xtensa/esp32/esp32-devkitc/configs/wapi_smp/defconfig
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ CONFIG_NETUTILS_CODECS=y
 CONFIG_NETUTILS_HTTPD_DIRLIST=y
 CONFIG_NETUTILS_HTTPD_SENDFILE=y
 CONFIG_NETUTILS_IPERF=y
+CONFIG_NETUTILS_NTPCLIENT_STACKSIZE=4096
 CONFIG_NETUTILS_TELNETD=y
 CONFIG_NETUTILS_WEBCLIENT=y
 CONFIG_NETUTILS_WEBSERVER=y