diff --git a/kernel/rcu/Kconfig b/kernel/rcu/Kconfig
index 0ebe15a849856bf31604485966d21bdeca807d8a..b71e21f73c40364e3fb78b03a5a30cab22e192ea 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/Kconfig
+++ b/kernel/rcu/Kconfig
@@ -135,10 +135,12 @@ config RCU_FANOUT
 
 config RCU_FANOUT_LEAF
 	int "Tree-based hierarchical RCU leaf-level fanout value"
-	range 2 64 if 64BIT
-	range 2 32 if !64BIT
+	range 2 64 if 64BIT && !RCU_STRICT_GRACE_PERIOD
+	range 2 32 if !64BIT && !RCU_STRICT_GRACE_PERIOD
+	range 2 3 if RCU_STRICT_GRACE_PERIOD
 	depends on TREE_RCU && RCU_EXPERT
-	default 16
+	default 16 if !RCU_STRICT_GRACE_PERIOD
+	default 2 if RCU_STRICT_GRACE_PERIOD
 	help
 	  This option controls the leaf-level fanout of hierarchical
 	  implementations of RCU, and allows trading off cache misses