diff --git a/arch/x86/configs/gki_defconfig b/arch/x86/configs/gki_defconfig
index 7e2df44033bc..44f243dc72b8 100644
--- a/arch/x86/configs/gki_defconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/configs/gki_defconfig
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ CONFIG_PSI=y
 CONFIG_RCU_EXPERT=y
 CONFIG_RCU_BOOST=y
 CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU=y
+CONFIG_RCU_LAZY=y
+CONFIG_RCU_LAZY_DEFAULT_OFF=y
 CONFIG_IKCONFIG=y
 CONFIG_IKCONFIG_PROC=y
 CONFIG_IKHEADERS=m