diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug
index feee8dab441e15a24b0e4dfa455535fd37ed99b3..1173afc308ad7bbcf97c090da260f06d585c8165 100644
--- a/lib/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug
@@ -1276,7 +1276,7 @@ config RCU_TORTURE_TEST_SLOW_INIT
 config RCU_TORTURE_TEST_SLOW_INIT_DELAY
 	int "How much to slow down RCU grace-period initialization"
 	range 0 5
-	default 0
+	default 3
 	help
 	  This option specifies the number of jiffies to wait between
 	  each rcu_node structure initialization.