diff --git a/src/NimBLEDevice.cpp b/src/NimBLEDevice.cpp
index 4b20674dd..a4a6baa5b 100644
--- a/src/NimBLEDevice.cpp
+++ b/src/NimBLEDevice.cpp
@@ -909,7 +909,7 @@ bool NimBLEDevice::init(const std::string& deviceName) {
         bt_cfg.mode         = ESP_BT_MODE_BLE;
         bt_cfg.ble_max_conn = CONFIG_BT_NIMBLE_MAX_CONNECTIONS;
 #   elif defined(CONFIG_IDF_TARGET_ESP32C3) || defined(CONFIG_IDF_TARGET_ESP32S3)
-        bt_cfg.ble_max_act = CONFIG_BT_NIMBLE_MAX_CONNECTIONS;
+        bt_cfg.ble_max_act = MYNEWT_VAL(BLE_MAX_CONNECTIONS) + MYNEWT_VAL(BLE_ROLE_BROADCASTER) + MYNEWT_VAL(BLE_ROLE_OBSERVER);
 #   else
         bt_cfg.nimble_max_connections = CONFIG_BT_NIMBLE_MAX_CONNECTIONS;
 #   endif