diff --git a/service-mgmt/sm/scripts/sm.service b/service-mgmt/sm/scripts/sm.service
index 1c46068f..e27d3dfb 100644
--- a/service-mgmt/sm/scripts/sm.service
+++ b/service-mgmt/sm/scripts/sm.service
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ PIDFile=/var/run/sm.pid
 KillMode=process
 RestartSec=10
 Restart=on-failure
+LimitNOFILE=1024
 
 [Install]
 WantedBy=multi-user.target