diff --git a/arch/ia64/include/asm/topology.h b/arch/ia64/include/asm/topology.h
index 569b9dafc78ccea972036c2ca2d304420593177b..d0141fbf51d0a893626f110814f1f646610750fc 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/include/asm/topology.h
+++ b/arch/ia64/include/asm/topology.h
@@ -68,7 +68,6 @@ void build_cpu_to_node_map(void);
 				| SD_BALANCE_NEWIDLE	\
 				| SD_BALANCE_EXEC	\
 				| SD_BALANCE_FORK	\
-				| SD_BALANCE_WAKE	\
 				| SD_WAKE_AFFINE,	\
 	.last_balance		= jiffies,		\
 	.balance_interval	= 1,			\
@@ -94,7 +93,6 @@ void build_cpu_to_node_map(void);
 				| SD_BALANCE_NEWIDLE	\
 				| SD_BALANCE_EXEC	\
 				| SD_BALANCE_FORK	\
-				| SD_BALANCE_WAKE	\
 				| SD_SERIALIZE,		\
 	.last_balance		= jiffies,		\
 	.balance_interval	= 64,			\
diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/mach-ip27/topology.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/mach-ip27/topology.h
index d8332398f5be1eccd46936f00f685bc9403d90ca..23059170700593ebad07907d109a8fa8639aeba4 100644
--- a/arch/mips/include/asm/mach-ip27/topology.h
+++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/mach-ip27/topology.h
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ extern unsigned char __node_distances[MAX_COMPACT_NODES][MAX_COMPACT_NODES];
 	.cache_nice_tries	= 1,			\
 	.flags			= SD_LOAD_BALANCE	\
 				| SD_BALANCE_EXEC	\
-				| SD_BALANCE_WAKE,	\
 	.last_balance		= jiffies,		\
 	.balance_interval	= 1,			\
 	.nr_balance_failed	= 0,			\
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/topology.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/topology.h
index 1a2c9eb42a035c8d05c91916384363a4045a47a2..394edcbcce711cbf8181b4dff00a7eed2bfc153e 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/topology.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/topology.h
@@ -63,7 +63,6 @@ static inline int pcibus_to_node(struct pci_bus *bus)
 				| SD_BALANCE_EXEC	\
 				| SD_BALANCE_FORK	\
 				| SD_BALANCE_NEWIDLE	\
-				| SD_BALANCE_WAKE	\
 				| SD_SERIALIZE,		\
 	.last_balance		= jiffies,		\
 	.balance_interval	= 1,			\
diff --git a/arch/sh/include/asm/topology.h b/arch/sh/include/asm/topology.h
index a8cc564b703d2a6dd15c3b5b86204b4d5e61b7d2..f8c40cc65054656fc2d7a62d311d015ed45e3da8 100644
--- a/arch/sh/include/asm/topology.h
+++ b/arch/sh/include/asm/topology.h
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
 	.flags			= SD_LOAD_BALANCE	\
 				| SD_BALANCE_FORK	\
 				| SD_BALANCE_EXEC	\
-				| SD_BALANCE_WAKE	\
 				| SD_BALANCE_NEWIDLE	\
 				| SD_SERIALIZE,		\
 	.last_balance		= jiffies,		\
diff --git a/arch/sparc/include/asm/topology_64.h b/arch/sparc/include/asm/topology_64.h
index 10b979d1de20ffe89a77873298ec9986b74b932f..26cd25c0839977ae3ad1562d1806d9c52b42a5e9 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/include/asm/topology_64.h
+++ b/arch/sparc/include/asm/topology_64.h
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@ static inline int pcibus_to_node(struct pci_bus *pbus)
 	.flags			= SD_LOAD_BALANCE	\
 				| SD_BALANCE_FORK	\
 				| SD_BALANCE_EXEC	\
-				| SD_BALANCE_WAKE	\
 				| SD_SERIALIZE,		\
 	.last_balance		= jiffies,		\
 	.balance_interval	= 1,			\
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/topology.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/topology.h
index 589f12383d781fea792a33ceca33ce0b8c034361..6f0695d744bf1a44304862fe8898cf24ce815ece 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/topology.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/topology.h
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ extern unsigned long node_remap_size[];
 				| 1*SD_BALANCE_NEWIDLE			\
 				| 1*SD_BALANCE_EXEC			\
 				| 1*SD_BALANCE_FORK			\
-				| 1*SD_BALANCE_WAKE			\
+				| 0*SD_BALANCE_WAKE			\
 				| 1*SD_WAKE_AFFINE			\
 				| 0*SD_SHARE_CPUPOWER			\
 				| 0*SD_POWERSAVINGS_BALANCE		\
diff --git a/include/linux/topology.h b/include/linux/topology.h
index a6614b0242a9a34331aa4418b07a0629dbbe1464..809b26c07090b11ea8966b4efd756e03aa7ef4cf 100644
--- a/include/linux/topology.h
+++ b/include/linux/topology.h
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ int arch_update_cpu_topology(void);
 				| 1*SD_BALANCE_NEWIDLE			\
 				| 1*SD_BALANCE_EXEC			\
 				| 1*SD_BALANCE_FORK			\
-				| 1*SD_BALANCE_WAKE			\
+				| 0*SD_BALANCE_WAKE			\
 				| 1*SD_WAKE_AFFINE			\
 				| 1*SD_SHARE_CPUPOWER			\
 				| 0*SD_POWERSAVINGS_BALANCE		\
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ int arch_update_cpu_topology(void);
 				| 1*SD_BALANCE_NEWIDLE			\
 				| 1*SD_BALANCE_EXEC			\
 				| 1*SD_BALANCE_FORK			\
-				| 1*SD_BALANCE_WAKE			\
+				| 0*SD_BALANCE_WAKE			\
 				| 1*SD_WAKE_AFFINE			\
 				| 1*SD_PREFER_LOCAL			\
 				| 0*SD_SHARE_CPUPOWER			\
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ int arch_update_cpu_topology(void);
 				| 1*SD_BALANCE_NEWIDLE			\
 				| 1*SD_BALANCE_EXEC			\
 				| 1*SD_BALANCE_FORK			\
-				| 1*SD_BALANCE_WAKE			\
+				| 0*SD_BALANCE_WAKE			\
 				| 1*SD_WAKE_AFFINE			\
 				| 1*SD_PREFER_LOCAL			\
 				| 0*SD_SHARE_CPUPOWER			\