diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.rst
index b2598cc9834c..7242cbda15dd 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.rst
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ parameter is applicable::
 	IPV6	IPv6 support is enabled.
 	ISAPNP	ISA PnP code is enabled.
 	ISDN	Appropriate ISDN support is enabled.
+	ISOL	CPU Isolation is enabled.
 	JOY	Appropriate joystick support is enabled.
 	KGDB	Kernel debugger support is enabled.
 	KVM	Kernel Virtual Machine support is enabled.
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index e49311d53504..7041c6710f22 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -1737,7 +1737,7 @@
 	isapnp=		[ISAPNP]
 			Format: <RDP>,<reset>,<pci_scan>,<verbosity>
 
-	isolcpus=	[KNL,SMP] Isolate a given set of CPUs from disturbance.
+	isolcpus=	[KNL,SMP,ISOL] Isolate a given set of CPUs from disturbance.
 			[Deprecated - use cpusets instead]
 			Format: [flag-list,]<cpu-list>
 
@@ -2662,7 +2662,7 @@
 			Valid arguments: on, off
 			Default: on
 
-	nohz_full=	[KNL,BOOT]
+	nohz_full=	[KNL,BOOT,SMP,ISOL]
 			The argument is a cpu list, as described above.
 			In kernels built with CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL=y, set
 			the specified list of CPUs whose tick will be stopped
diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
index 2934249fba46..690a381adee0 100644
--- a/init/Kconfig
+++ b/init/Kconfig
@@ -461,10 +461,14 @@ endmenu # "CPU/Task time and stats accounting"
 
 config CPU_ISOLATION
 	bool "CPU isolation"
+	default y
 	help
 	  Make sure that CPUs running critical tasks are not disturbed by
 	  any source of "noise" such as unbound workqueues, timers, kthreads...
-	  Unbound jobs get offloaded to housekeeping CPUs.
+	  Unbound jobs get offloaded to housekeeping CPUs. This is driven by
+	  the "isolcpus=" boot parameter.
+
+	  Say Y if unsure.
 
 source "kernel/rcu/Kconfig"
 
diff --git a/kernel/time/Kconfig b/kernel/time/Kconfig
index e776fc8cc1df..f6b5f19223d6 100644
--- a/kernel/time/Kconfig
+++ b/kernel/time/Kconfig
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ config NO_HZ_FULL
 	select RCU_NOCB_CPU
 	select VIRT_CPU_ACCOUNTING_GEN
 	select IRQ_WORK
+	select CPU_ISOLATION
 	help
 	 Adaptively try to shutdown the tick whenever possible, even when
 	 the CPU is running tasks. Typically this requires running a single