diff --git a/debian/arch/i386/config b/debian/arch/i386/config
index b06b6d106..fcfa03656 100644
--- a/debian/arch/i386/config
+++ b/debian/arch/i386/config
@@ -1660,6 +1660,7 @@ CONFIG_SCHED_MC=y
 CONFIG_EFI_VARS=m
 CONFIG_BOOT_IOREMAP=y
 CONFIG_EFI=y
+CONFIG_IRQBALANCE=n
 CONFIG_HW_RANDOM_INTEL=m
 CONFIG_K8_NB=y
 CONFIG_GENERIC_TIME=y
diff --git a/debian/arch/i386/config.686 b/debian/arch/i386/config.686
index b0d26f7ae..d1bbd26ba 100644
--- a/debian/arch/i386/config.686
+++ b/debian/arch/i386/config.686
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ CONFIG_HIGHMEM4G=y
 CONFIG_HIGHMEM=y
 # CONFIG_HIGHPTE is not set
 # CONFIG_MATH_EMULATION is not set
-CONFIG_IRQBALANCE=y
 CONFIG_HAVE_DEC_LOCK=y
 # CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_STAT_DETAILS is not set
 # CONFIG_EISA is not set
diff --git a/debian/arch/i386/config.686-bigmem b/debian/arch/i386/config.686-bigmem
index c6de222a9..772cd2b9c 100644
--- a/debian/arch/i386/config.686-bigmem
+++ b/debian/arch/i386/config.686-bigmem
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ CONFIG_HIGHMEM=y
 CONFIG_X86_PAE=y
 # CONFIG_HIGHPTE is not set
 # CONFIG_MATH_EMULATION is not set
-CONFIG_IRQBALANCE=y
 CONFIG_HAVE_DEC_LOCK=y
 # CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_STAT_DETAILS is not set
 # CONFIG_EISA is not set
diff --git a/debian/arch/i386/config.k7 b/debian/arch/i386/config.k7
index 638c3c2cc..27d411e86 100644
--- a/debian/arch/i386/config.k7
+++ b/debian/arch/i386/config.k7
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ CONFIG_HIGHMEM4G=y
 CONFIG_HIGHMEM=y
 # CONFIG_HIGHPTE is not set
 # CONFIG_MATH_EMULATION is not set
-CONFIG_IRQBALANCE=y
 CONFIG_HAVE_DEC_LOCK=y
 # CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_STAT_DETAILS is not set
 # CONFIG_EISA is not set
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index c36af20d6..934e0cea1 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ linux-2.6 (2.6.21-1~experimental.1) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
     high-resolution timers.
   * [i386] Enable CONFIG_TIMER_STATS to collect stats about kernel/userspace
     timer aka power usage (see powertop). (closes: #423694)
+  * [i386] Disable obsolete CONFIG_IRQBALANCE due to bad timer behaviour.
 
   [ Martin Michlmayr ]
   * Add armel (arm with EABI) support.  Thanks, Lennert Buytenhek and
@@ -43,7 +44,7 @@ linux-2.6 (2.6.21-1~experimental.1) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
   * Add type: plain to [image] in arch/m68k/defines to fix missing
     Modules.symvers problem
 
- -- maximilian attems <maks@debian.org>  Tue, 15 May 2007 10:23:27 +0200
+ -- maximilian attems <maks@debian.org>  Tue, 15 May 2007 17:02:44 +0200
 
 linux-2.6 (2.6.20-3) unstable; urgency=low