diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index c89ecd2eb3d3..457387a30789 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 3c9aea47425885ec8b1f7b0df88c2ebc6f747c9d
+refs/heads/master: 5fa3a246ea2e1be2ffaa01343bc183c8c0bfa472
diff --git a/trunk/arch/x86/kernel/time_64.c b/trunk/arch/x86/kernel/time_64.c
index 6d48a4e826d9..2db4d698a2d3 100644
--- a/trunk/arch/x86/kernel/time_64.c
+++ b/trunk/arch/x86/kernel/time_64.c
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ void stop_timer_interrupt(void)
 
 static struct irqaction irq0 = {
 	.handler	= timer_interrupt,
-	.flags		= IRQF_DISABLED | IRQF_IRQPOLL,
+	.flags		= IRQF_DISABLED | IRQF_IRQPOLL | IRQF_NOBALANCING,
 	.mask		= CPU_MASK_NONE,
 	.name		= "timer"
 };