diff --git a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
index 5bbb1044f8473ff98bd3fdfe2c93a1c0798ed8e7..342fc9ccab46d5132aae1c58b1fbce0d02a2feaf 100644
--- a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
+++ b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
@@ -568,6 +568,9 @@ static void tick_nohz_switch_to_nohz(void)
  */
 static void tick_nohz_kick_tick(int cpu)
 {
+#if 0
+	/* Switch back to 2.6.27 behaviour */
+
 	struct tick_sched *ts = &per_cpu(tick_cpu_sched, cpu);
 	ktime_t delta, now;
 
@@ -584,6 +587,7 @@ static void tick_nohz_kick_tick(int cpu)
 		return;
 
 	tick_nohz_restart(ts, now);
+#endif
 }
 
 #else