diff --git a/arch/arm64/configs/gki_defconfig b/arch/arm64/configs/gki_defconfig
index ecd0538de649..d5055372f30e 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/configs/gki_defconfig
+++ b/arch/arm64/configs/gki_defconfig
@@ -59,6 +59,8 @@ CONFIG_SWP_EMULATION=y
 CONFIG_CP15_BARRIER_EMULATION=y
 CONFIG_SETEND_EMULATION=y
 CONFIG_RANDOMIZE_BASE=y
+CONFIG_CMDLINE="cgroup_disable=pressure"
+CONFIG_CMDLINE_EXTEND=y
 # CONFIG_DMI is not set
 CONFIG_PM_WAKELOCKS=y
 CONFIG_PM_WAKELOCKS_LIMIT=0
diff --git a/arch/x86/configs/gki_defconfig b/arch/x86/configs/gki_defconfig
index 9e40154307e6..cc0878e3c0f6 100644
--- a/arch/x86/configs/gki_defconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/configs/gki_defconfig
@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@ 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