diff --git a/smi/src/smi_def.h b/smi/src/smi_def.h
index b7b4a52c0ecdd5a16e85cceaf76eb71ff64c8d57..eb0f3d6fb2df39a9fe8347b52d3d73089c20704e 100644
--- a/smi/src/smi_def.h
+++ b/smi/src/smi_def.h
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 #define SMI_LOG_BUF_SIZE (2*1024)
 
-#define MAX_NUMBER_OF_ESM_STATES (4096)
+#define MAX_NUMBER_OF_ESM_STATES (4096+1024)
 #define MAX_NUMBER_OF_CONCURRENT_STATES 128
 #define MAX_NUMBER_OF_REGIONS_PER_SUPERSTATE 32
 #define MAX_NUMBER_OF_TRANSITIONS_PER_STATE 16 //8