diff --git a/arch/arm64/configs/gki_defconfig b/arch/arm64/configs/gki_defconfig
index c69e1ea98bd3..d22c12cc4a28 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/configs/gki_defconfig
+++ b/arch/arm64/configs/gki_defconfig
@@ -309,6 +309,7 @@ CONFIG_POWER_RESET_HISI=y
 # CONFIG_HWMON is not set
 CONFIG_THERMAL=y
 CONFIG_THERMAL_GOV_USER_SPACE=y
+CONFIG_THERMAL_GOV_POWER_ALLOCATOR=y
 CONFIG_CPU_THERMAL=y
 CONFIG_DEVFREQ_THERMAL=y
 CONFIG_WATCHDOG=y
diff --git a/arch/x86/configs/gki_defconfig b/arch/x86/configs/gki_defconfig
index 9605bc3b17c2..1c21961dc514 100644
--- a/arch/x86/configs/gki_defconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/configs/gki_defconfig
@@ -266,6 +266,7 @@ CONFIG_HPET=y
 CONFIG_SPI=y
 CONFIG_GPIOLIB=y
 # CONFIG_HWMON is not set
+CONFIG_THERMAL_GOV_POWER_ALLOCATOR=y
 CONFIG_DEVFREQ_THERMAL=y
 # CONFIG_X86_PKG_TEMP_THERMAL is not set
 CONFIG_WATCHDOG=y