diff --git a/kernel/rcu/Kconfig.debug b/kernel/rcu/Kconfig.debug
index dceaa3e754e5..71e73fceff87 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/kernel/rcu/Kconfig.debug
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ config RCU_SCALE_TEST
 	depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
 	select TORTURE_TEST
 	select SRCU
-	select TASKS_RCU
 	select TASKS_RUDE_RCU
 	select TASKS_TRACE_RCU
 	default n
diff --git a/kernel/rcu/rcuscale.c b/kernel/rcu/rcuscale.c
index 5e4f1f83d38e..311dbcb064ed 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/rcuscale.c
+++ b/kernel/rcu/rcuscale.c
@@ -268,6 +268,8 @@ static struct rcu_scale_ops srcud_ops = {
 	.name		= "srcud"
 };
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_TASKS_RCU
+
 /*
  * Definitions for RCU-tasks scalability testing.
  */
@@ -295,6 +297,14 @@ static struct rcu_scale_ops tasks_ops = {
 	.name		= "tasks"
 };
 
+#define TASKS_OPS &tasks_ops,
+
+#else // #ifdef CONFIG_TASKS_RCU
+
+#define TASKS_OPS
+
+#endif // #else // #ifdef CONFIG_TASKS_RCU
+
 /*
  * Definitions for RCU-tasks-trace scalability testing.
  */
@@ -797,7 +807,7 @@ rcu_scale_init(void)
 	long i;
 	int firsterr = 0;
 	static struct rcu_scale_ops *scale_ops[] = {
-		&rcu_ops, &srcu_ops, &srcud_ops, &tasks_ops, &tasks_tracing_ops
+		&rcu_ops, &srcu_ops, &srcud_ops, TASKS_OPS &tasks_tracing_ops
 	};
 
 	if (!torture_init_begin(scale_type, verbose))
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/configs/rcuscale/CFcommon b/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/configs/rcuscale/CFcommon
index 90942bb5bebc..2ed3b46a9c37 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/configs/rcuscale/CFcommon
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/configs/rcuscale/CFcommon
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 CONFIG_RCU_SCALE_TEST=y
 CONFIG_PRINTK_TIME=y
 CONFIG_TASKS_RCU_GENERIC=y
-CONFIG_TASKS_RCU=y
-CONFIG_TASKS_TRACE_RCU=y
+CONFIG_FORCE_TASKS_RCU=y
+#CHECK#CONFIG_TASKS_RCU=y
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/configs/rcuscale/TREE b/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/configs/rcuscale/TREE
index f110d9ffbe4c..b10706fd03a4 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/configs/rcuscale/TREE
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/configs/rcuscale/TREE
@@ -16,3 +16,5 @@ CONFIG_RCU_BOOST=n
 CONFIG_DEBUG_OBJECTS_RCU_HEAD=n
 CONFIG_RCU_EXPERT=y
 CONFIG_RCU_TRACE=y
+CONFIG_KPROBES=n
+CONFIG_FTRACE=n