diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/configs/rcu/TREE03 b/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/configs/rcu/TREE03
index 4dc8339bab5ed7b12f87bffeaca69447b9731faa..05a81380a5c2b7b8a52562ac57fe17ea5be0c8b8 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/configs/rcu/TREE03
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/configs/rcu/TREE03
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 CONFIG_SMP=y
-CONFIG_NR_CPUS=8
+CONFIG_NR_CPUS=16
 CONFIG_PREEMPT_NONE=n
 CONFIG_PREEMPT_VOLUNTARY=n
 CONFIG_PREEMPT=y
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/configs/rcu/TREE03.boot b/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/configs/rcu/TREE03.boot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..120c0c88d1003a06aaa41a899b805935f82b52e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/configs/rcu/TREE03.boot
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+rcutorture.onoff_interval=1 rcutorture.onoff_holdoff=30
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/configs/rcu/TREE08 b/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/configs/rcu/TREE08
index 5812027d6f9ff043fecdcb2558a0c4befe83b50c..acce6552f7f0e0d887836f404d7f3d45c83cdfd8 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/configs/rcu/TREE08
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/configs/rcu/TREE08
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 CONFIG_SMP=y
-CONFIG_NR_CPUS=16
+CONFIG_NR_CPUS=8
 CONFIG_PREEMPT_NONE=n
 CONFIG_PREEMPT_VOLUNTARY=n
 CONFIG_PREEMPT=y