diff --git a/arch/arm64/configs/gki_defconfig b/arch/arm64/configs/gki_defconfig
index ae39f96453ea..eda0d5a98ce6 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/configs/gki_defconfig
+++ b/arch/arm64/configs/gki_defconfig
@@ -511,6 +511,7 @@ CONFIG_TMPFS=y
 # CONFIG_EFIVAR_FS is not set
 CONFIG_PSTORE=y
 CONFIG_PSTORE_CONSOLE=y
+CONFIG_PSTORE_PMSG=y
 CONFIG_PSTORE_RAM=y
 CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_437=y
 CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_737=y
diff --git a/arch/x86/configs/gki_defconfig b/arch/x86/configs/gki_defconfig
index 736d4c8db69d..c5be78910cb4 100644
--- a/arch/x86/configs/gki_defconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/configs/gki_defconfig
@@ -449,6 +449,7 @@ CONFIG_TMPFS_POSIX_ACL=y
 # CONFIG_EFIVAR_FS is not set
 CONFIG_PSTORE=y
 CONFIG_PSTORE_CONSOLE=y
+CONFIG_PSTORE_PMSG=y
 CONFIG_PSTORE_RAM=y
 CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_437=y
 CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_737=y