diff --git a/arch/arm64/configs/gki_defconfig b/arch/arm64/configs/gki_defconfig
index 8bf016c14af1..ba8c9828c5b0 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/configs/gki_defconfig
+++ b/arch/arm64/configs/gki_defconfig
@@ -498,6 +498,8 @@ CONFIG_PSTORE=y
 CONFIG_PSTORE_CONSOLE=y
 CONFIG_PSTORE_RAM=y
 CONFIG_EROFS_FS=y
+CONFIG_EROFS_FS_PCPU_KTHREAD=y
+CONFIG_EROFS_FS_PCPU_KTHREAD_HIPRI=y
 CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_437=y
 CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_737=y
 CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_775=y
diff --git a/arch/x86/configs/gki_defconfig b/arch/x86/configs/gki_defconfig
index bb30c0d8816c..77e594893f66 100644
--- a/arch/x86/configs/gki_defconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/configs/gki_defconfig
@@ -427,6 +427,8 @@ CONFIG_PSTORE=y
 CONFIG_PSTORE_CONSOLE=y
 CONFIG_PSTORE_RAM=y
 CONFIG_EROFS_FS=y
+CONFIG_EROFS_FS_PCPU_KTHREAD=y
+CONFIG_EROFS_FS_PCPU_KTHREAD_HIPRI=y
 CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_437=y
 CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_737=y
 CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_775=y