diff --git a/arch/arm64/configs/gki_defconfig b/arch/arm64/configs/gki_defconfig
index 5383353f960f..76cae674749c 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/configs/gki_defconfig
+++ b/arch/arm64/configs/gki_defconfig
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ 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 32009d7e745c..a4ccc6d4d307 100644
--- a/arch/x86/configs/gki_defconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/configs/gki_defconfig
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ 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