diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
index 247084be0590..c08a5495dbb7 100644
--- a/init/Kconfig
+++ b/init/Kconfig
@@ -470,6 +470,7 @@ config TREE_RCU
 config TREE_PREEMPT_RCU
 	bool "Preemptible tree-based hierarchical RCU"
 	depends on PREEMPT
+	select IRQ_WORK
 	help
 	  This option selects the RCU implementation that is
 	  designed for very large SMP systems with hundreds or