diff --git a/fedac/native/src/ac-native.c b/fedac/native/src/ac-native.c
index cf09f9f30e..ecbc0d4e1c 100644
--- a/fedac/native/src/ac-native.c
+++ b/fedac/native/src/ac-native.c
@@ -1470,13 +1470,13 @@ static int draw_startup_fade(ACGraph *graph, ACFramebuffer *screen,
     }
 
     // Open evdev fds for key checking — retry until devices appear
-    int key_fds[8];
+    int key_fds[24];
     int key_fd_count = 0;
     for (int retry = 0; retry < 20 && key_fd_count == 0; retry++) {
         DIR *dir = opendir("/dev/input");
         if (dir) {
             struct dirent *ent;
-            while ((ent = readdir(dir)) && key_fd_count < 8) {
+            while ((ent = readdir(dir)) && key_fd_count < 24) {
                 if (strncmp(ent->d_name, "event", 5) != 0) continue;
                 char path[64];
                 snprintf(path, sizeof(path), "/dev/input/%s", ent->d_name);
diff --git a/fedac/native/src/input.h b/fedac/native/src/input.h
index 6f9d19526f..e657cb8145 100644
--- a/fedac/native/src/input.h
+++ b/fedac/native/src/input.h
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 #include <wayland-client.h>
 #endif
 
-#define MAX_INPUT_DEVICES 8
+#define MAX_INPUT_DEVICES 24
 #define MAX_HIDRAW_DEVICES 4
 #define MAX_EVENTS_PER_FRAME 64