diff --git a/arch/arm64/configs/defconfig b/arch/arm64/configs/defconfig
index 0b5d4f725473..104cb8da3e87 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/configs/defconfig
+++ b/arch/arm64/configs/defconfig
@@ -1652,6 +1652,7 @@ CONFIG_MAGIC_SYSRQ=y
 CONFIG_DEBUG_FS=y
 CONFIG_PANIC_ON_OOPS=y
 # CONFIG_SCHED_DEBUG is not set
+CONFIG_SCHEDSTATS=y
 CONFIG_CORESIGHT=m
 CONFIG_CORESIGHT_LINK_AND_SINK_TMC=m
 CONFIG_CORESIGHT_CATU=m