diff --git a/fs/aio/Kconfig b/fs/aio/Kconfig
index fa09b9a38cc..11d74133e43 100644
--- a/fs/aio/Kconfig
+++ b/fs/aio/Kconfig
@@ -11,6 +11,18 @@ config FS_AIO
 		Enable support for asynchronous I/O.  This selection enables the
 		interfaces declared in include/aio.h.
 
+config FS_AIO_LISTIO_MAX
+	int "Maximum number of AIO operations in listio"
+	default 10
+	---help---
+		This option sets the maximum number of asynchronous I/O (AIO) operations
+		that can be submitted in a single call to lio_listio().
+
+		This value defines the upper limit for the 'nent' parameter in
+		lio_listio(mode, aiocb_list, nent, sevp). Increasing this value allows
+		more operations to be queued.
+		Default: 10
+
 if FS_AIO
 
 config FS_NAIOC
diff --git a/fs/aio/lio_listio.c b/fs/aio/lio_listio.c
index 1edbf7c7e25..196677529d4 100644
--- a/fs/aio/lio_listio.c
+++ b/fs/aio/lio_listio.c
@@ -334,7 +334,8 @@ int lio_listio(int mode, FAR struct aiocb *restrict const list[restrict],
   int ret;
   int i;
 
-  if (mode != LIO_WAIT && mode != LIO_NOWAIT)
+  if (nent < 0 || nent > AIO_LISTIO_MAX ||
+      (mode != LIO_WAIT && mode != LIO_NOWAIT))
     {
       set_errno(EINVAL);
       return ERROR;
diff --git a/include/limits.h b/include/limits.h
index 59357fe83f3..a2da21497b2 100644
--- a/include/limits.h
+++ b/include/limits.h
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@
 
 /* Required for asynchronous I/O */
 
-#define _POSIX_AIO_LISTIO_MAX 2
+#define _POSIX_AIO_LISTIO_MAX CONFIG_FS_AIO_LISTIO_MAX
 #define _POSIX_AIO_MAX        1
 
 /* Required for POSIX message passing */
diff --git a/libs/libc/unistd/lib_sysconf.c b/libs/libc/unistd/lib_sysconf.c
index 428482aea52..20655721c1b 100644
--- a/libs/libc/unistd/lib_sysconf.c
+++ b/libs/libc/unistd/lib_sysconf.c
@@ -266,6 +266,9 @@ long sysconf(int name)
       case _SC_THREAD_THREADS_MAX:
         return UINT8_MAX;
 
+      case _SC_AIO_LISTIO_MAX:
+        return AIO_LISTIO_MAX;
+
       default:
 #if 0 /* Assume valid but not implemented for the time being */
         errcode = EINVAL;