diff --git a/arch/arm64/configs/gki_defconfig b/arch/arm64/configs/gki_defconfig
index 4ac752b430a0..45202df03b23 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/configs/gki_defconfig
+++ b/arch/arm64/configs/gki_defconfig
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ CONFIG_TASK_IO_ACCOUNTING=y
 CONFIG_PSI=y
 CONFIG_RCU_EXPERT=y
 CONFIG_RCU_FAST_NO_HZ=y
+CONFIG_RCU_BOOST=y
 CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU=y
 CONFIG_IKCONFIG=y
 CONFIG_IKCONFIG_PROC=y
diff --git a/arch/x86/configs/gki_defconfig b/arch/x86/configs/gki_defconfig
index b3e52d591c3e..0ab0d0bd2d64 100644
--- a/arch/x86/configs/gki_defconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/configs/gki_defconfig
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ CONFIG_TASK_IO_ACCOUNTING=y
 CONFIG_PSI=y
 CONFIG_RCU_EXPERT=y
 CONFIG_RCU_FAST_NO_HZ=y
+CONFIG_RCU_BOOST=y
 CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU=y
 CONFIG_IKCONFIG=y
 CONFIG_IKCONFIG_PROC=y