diff --git a/arch/arm64/configs/gki_defconfig b/arch/arm64/configs/gki_defconfig
index 429f829b9d1d..c75699ce5615 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/configs/gki_defconfig
+++ b/arch/arm64/configs/gki_defconfig
@@ -56,6 +56,8 @@ CONFIG_CP15_BARRIER_EMULATION=y
 CONFIG_SETEND_EMULATION=y
 CONFIG_ARM64_SW_TTBR0_PAN=y
 CONFIG_RANDOMIZE_BASE=y
+CONFIG_CMDLINE="cgroup_disable=pressure"
+CONFIG_CMDLINE_EXTEND=y
 # CONFIG_DMI is not set
 CONFIG_COMPAT=y
 CONFIG_PM_WAKELOCKS=y
diff --git a/arch/x86/configs/gki_defconfig b/arch/x86/configs/gki_defconfig
index 0d34c8832a52..1cb8563a1a6c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/configs/gki_defconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/configs/gki_defconfig
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ CONFIG_HYPERVISOR_GUEST=y
 CONFIG_PARAVIRT=y
 CONFIG_NR_CPUS=32
 CONFIG_EFI=y
+CONFIG_CMDLINE_BOOL=y
+CONFIG_CMDLINE="cgroup_disable=pressure"
 CONFIG_PM_WAKELOCKS=y
 CONFIG_PM_WAKELOCKS_LIMIT=0
 # CONFIG_PM_WAKELOCKS_GC is not set