diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
--- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c 2016-05-12 10:39:37.540387127 +0200
+++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c 2016-05-04 10:43:38.063996221 +0200
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ static unsigned int halt_poll_ns = KVM_H
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(halt_poll_ns);
 
 /* Default doubles per-vcpu halt_poll_ns. */
-unsigned int halt_poll_ns_grow = 2;
+unsigned int halt_poll_ns_grow = 0;
 module_param(halt_poll_ns_grow, uint, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(halt_poll_ns_grow);