diff --git a/arch/arm64/configs/gki_defconfig b/arch/arm64/configs/gki_defconfig
index 7799c59554e2..96ae04288d1d 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/configs/gki_defconfig
+++ b/arch/arm64/configs/gki_defconfig
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ CONFIG_CGROUP_CPUACCT=y
 CONFIG_CGROUP_BPF=y
 CONFIG_NAMESPACES=y
 # CONFIG_PID_NS is not set
+CONFIG_RT_SOFTIRQ_AWARE_SCHED=y
 # CONFIG_RD_BZIP2 is not set
 # CONFIG_RD_LZMA is not set
 # CONFIG_RD_XZ is not set
diff --git a/arch/x86/configs/gki_defconfig b/arch/x86/configs/gki_defconfig
index 0f9d5a050d66..4b10f2c74ecc 100644
--- a/arch/x86/configs/gki_defconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/configs/gki_defconfig
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ CONFIG_CGROUP_BPF=y
 CONFIG_NAMESPACES=y
 # CONFIG_TIME_NS is not set
 # CONFIG_PID_NS is not set
+CONFIG_RT_SOFTIRQ_AWARE_SCHED=y
 # CONFIG_RD_BZIP2 is not set
 # CONFIG_RD_LZMA is not set
 # CONFIG_RD_XZ is not set