diff --git a/arch/arm64/configs/rt.config b/arch/arm64/configs/rt.config
index ca92615d38a17..72b46a78f4e22 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/configs/rt.config
+++ b/arch/arm64/configs/rt.config
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 # rt.config for Real time kernel features
 CONFIG_EXPERT=y
 CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT=y
+CONFIG_RCU_EXPERT=y
+CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU=y