diff --git a/boards/arm/stm32/stm32f4discovery/configs/sporadic/defconfig b/boards/arm/stm32/stm32f4discovery/configs/sporadic/defconfig
index 2acf3c2913..8011087cbc 100644
--- a/boards/arm/stm32/stm32f4discovery/configs/sporadic/defconfig
+++ b/boards/arm/stm32/stm32f4discovery/configs/sporadic/defconfig
@@ -49,4 +49,5 @@ CONFIG_TESTING_OSTEST=y
 CONFIG_USART6_RXBUFSIZE=128
 CONFIG_USART6_SERIAL_CONSOLE=y
 CONFIG_USART6_TXBUFSIZE=128
+CONFIG_USEC_PER_TICK=1000
 CONFIG_USER_ENTRYPOINT="nsh_main"