diff --git a/kernel/rcu/Kconfig.debug b/kernel/rcu/Kconfig.debug
index 71e73fceff87..68092e1db64b 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/kernel/rcu/Kconfig.debug
@@ -28,8 +28,6 @@ config RCU_SCALE_TEST
 	depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
 	select TORTURE_TEST
 	select SRCU
-	select TASKS_RUDE_RCU
-	select TASKS_TRACE_RCU
 	default n
 	help
 	  This option provides a kernel module that runs performance
diff --git a/kernel/rcu/rcuscale.c b/kernel/rcu/rcuscale.c
index 311dbcb064ed..277a5bfb37d4 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/rcuscale.c
+++ b/kernel/rcu/rcuscale.c
@@ -305,6 +305,8 @@ static struct rcu_scale_ops tasks_ops = {
 
 #endif // #else // #ifdef CONFIG_TASKS_RCU
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_TASKS_TRACE_RCU
+
 /*
  * Definitions for RCU-tasks-trace scalability testing.
  */
@@ -334,6 +336,14 @@ static struct rcu_scale_ops tasks_tracing_ops = {
 	.name		= "tasks-tracing"
 };
 
+#define TASKS_TRACING_OPS &tasks_tracing_ops,
+
+#else // #ifdef CONFIG_TASKS_TRACE_RCU
+
+#define TASKS_TRACING_OPS
+
+#endif // #else // #ifdef CONFIG_TASKS_TRACE_RCU
+
 static unsigned long rcuscale_seq_diff(unsigned long new, unsigned long old)
 {
 	if (!cur_ops->gp_diff)
@@ -807,7 +817,7 @@ 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 2ed3b46a9c37..6a00157bee5b 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/configs/rcuscale/CFcommon
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/configs/rcuscale/CFcommon
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 CONFIG_RCU_SCALE_TEST=y
 CONFIG_PRINTK_TIME=y
-CONFIG_TASKS_RCU_GENERIC=y
 CONFIG_FORCE_TASKS_RCU=y
 #CHECK#CONFIG_TASKS_RCU=y
+CONFIG_FORCE_TASKS_TRACE_RCU=y
+#CHECK#CONFIG_TASKS_TRACE_RCU=y