diff --git a/arch/x86/configs/eve_defconfig b/arch/x86/configs/eve_defconfig
index bd8c51a9d4b2b..ef4ee21f3c5cb 100644
--- a/arch/x86/configs/eve_defconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/configs/eve_defconfig
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ CONFIG_LOCALVERSION="-linuxkit"
 # CONFIG_LOCALVERSION_AUTO is not set
 CONFIG_SYSVIPC=y
 CONFIG_POSIX_MQUEUE=y
+CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL=y
 CONFIG_NO_HZ=y
 CONFIG_HIGH_RES_TIMERS=y
 CONFIG_BPF_SYSCALL=y