diff --git a/debian/config/featureset-rt/config b/debian/config/featureset-rt/config
index a1a828040..fda361817 100644
--- a/debian/config/featureset-rt/config
+++ b/debian/config/featureset-rt/config
@@ -4,11 +4,6 @@
 #. Certificate paths are resolved relative to debian/build/source_rt
 CONFIG_SYSTEM_TRUSTED_KEYS="../../certs/benh@debian.org.cert.pem"
 
-##
-## file: init/Kconfig
-##
-CONFIG_RCU_EXPERT=y
-
 ##
 ## file: kernel/Kconfig.preempt
 ##
@@ -17,6 +12,11 @@ CONFIG_RCU_EXPERT=y
 CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT_FULL=y
 ## end choice
 
+##
+## file: kernel/rcu/Kconfig
+##
+CONFIG_RCU_EXPERT=y
+
 ##
 ## file: kernel/trace/Kconfig
 ##