diff --git a/examples/chef/nrfconnect/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/chef/nrfconnect/CMakeLists.txt
index 921458db215900..483f275bbdf2c8 100644
--- a/examples/chef/nrfconnect/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/chef/nrfconnect/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -122,6 +122,7 @@ set(PIGWEED_ROOT "${CHIP_ROOT}/third_party/pigweed/repo")
 include(${PIGWEED_ROOT}/pw_build/pigweed.cmake)
 include(${PIGWEED_ROOT}/pw_protobuf_compiler/proto.cmake)
 
+pw_set_module_config(pw_rpc_CONFIG pw_rpc.disable_global_mutex_config)
 pw_set_backend(pw_log pw_log_basic)
 pw_set_backend(pw_assert pw_assert_log)
 pw_set_backend(pw_sys_io pw_sys_io.nrfconnect)