diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/config b/tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/config
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+CONFIG_CGROUPS=y
+CONFIG_CGROUP_CPUACCT=y
+CONFIG_CGROUP_FREEZER=y
+CONFIG_CGROUP_SCHED=y
+CONFIG_MEMCG=y
+CONFIG_MEMCG_KMEM=y
+CONFIG_MEMCG_SWAP=y
+CONFIG_PAGE_COUNTER=y