diff --git a/include/linux/sched/isolation.h b/include/linux/sched/isolation.h
index ad0f5d986a2e3d7610d5636aa4dedcaf5b1baede..93ac2367a520cec2eb098d289a756284736364ce 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched/isolation.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched/isolation.h
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 #include <linux/init.h>
 #include <linux/tick.h>
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL
+#ifdef CONFIG_CPU_ISOLATION
 DECLARE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(housekeeping_overriden);
 extern int housekeeping_any_cpu(void);
 extern const struct cpumask *housekeeping_cpumask(void);
@@ -27,11 +27,11 @@ static inline const struct cpumask *housekeeping_cpumask(void)
 
 static inline void housekeeping_affine(struct task_struct *t) { }
 static inline void housekeeping_init(void) { }
-#endif /* CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL */
+#endif /* CONFIG_CPU_ISOLATION */
 
 static inline bool housekeeping_cpu(int cpu)
 {
-#ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL
+#ifdef CONFIG_CPU_ISOLATION
 	if (static_branch_unlikely(&housekeeping_overriden))
 		return housekeeping_test_cpu(cpu);
 #endif
diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
index 78cb2461012ef530f2755a0a6a8458428ed19043..6f52e6f4bd9d002dabf1515c33378ef8bde914a7 100644
--- a/init/Kconfig
+++ b/init/Kconfig
@@ -472,6 +472,14 @@ config TASK_IO_ACCOUNTING
 
 endmenu # "CPU/Task time and stats accounting"
 
+config CPU_ISOLATION
+	bool "CPU isolation"
+	depends on NO_HZ_FULL
+	help
+	  Make sure that CPUs running critical tasks are not disturbed by
+	  any source of "noise" such as unbound workqueues, timers, kthreads...
+	  Unbound jobs get offloaded to housekeeping CPUs.
+
 source "kernel/rcu/Kconfig"
 
 config BUILD_BIN2C
diff --git a/kernel/sched/Makefile b/kernel/sched/Makefile
index 871d43d733752eecf45b3f9a3f41c75c7f07807d..dbe61302c352a56de865a4d109a5017ab9622b93 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/Makefile
+++ b/kernel/sched/Makefile
@@ -26,4 +26,4 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_CGROUP_CPUACCT) += cpuacct.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_CPU_FREQ) += cpufreq.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_GOV_SCHEDUTIL) += cpufreq_schedutil.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_MEMBARRIER) += membarrier.o
-obj-$(CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL) += isolation.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_CPU_ISOLATION) += isolation.o