diff --git a/arch/arm64/configs/gki_defconfig b/arch/arm64/configs/gki_defconfig
index 27133a411ce4..42faae4a74aa 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/configs/gki_defconfig
+++ b/arch/arm64/configs/gki_defconfig
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ 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