diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/configs/rcu/TREE03 b/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/configs/rcu/TREE03
index 53f24e0a0ab618c8470e1727ecec0a8d78ce5db3..4dc8339bab5ed7b12f87bffeaca69447b9731faa 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/configs/rcu/TREE03
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/configs/rcu/TREE03
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ CONFIG_NO_HZ_IDLE=n
 CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL=n
 CONFIG_RCU_TRACE=y
 CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU=y
-CONFIG_RCU_FANOUT=4
-CONFIG_RCU_FANOUT_LEAF=4
+CONFIG_RCU_FANOUT=2
+CONFIG_RCU_FANOUT_LEAF=2
 CONFIG_RCU_FANOUT_EXACT=n
 CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU=n
 CONFIG_DEBUG_LOCK_ALLOC=n
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/configs/rcu/TREE04 b/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/configs/rcu/TREE04
index 0f84db35b36d6221b05a1a25d001f459b0870a08..4eb6d374a0ca2066fdb1d893400e78cb7d906eb4 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/configs/rcu/TREE04
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/configs/rcu/TREE04
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ CONFIG_RCU_TRACE=y
 CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU=n
 CONFIG_SUSPEND=n
 CONFIG_HIBERNATION=n
-CONFIG_RCU_FANOUT=2
-CONFIG_RCU_FANOUT_LEAF=2
+CONFIG_RCU_FANOUT=4
+CONFIG_RCU_FANOUT_LEAF=4
 CONFIG_RCU_FANOUT_EXACT=n
 CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU=n
 CONFIG_DEBUG_LOCK_ALLOC=n