diff --git a/src/execution/isolate.cc b/src/execution/isolate.cc
index 38c35faa59..c66a1f3fd7 100644
--- a/src/execution/isolate.cc
+++ b/src/execution/isolate.cc
@@ -320,7 +320,9 @@ Isolate::FindOrAllocatePerThreadDataForThisThread() {
     base::MutexGuard lock_guard(&thread_data_table_mutex_);
     per_thread = thread_data_table_.Lookup(thread_id);
     if (per_thread == nullptr) {
-      base::OS::AdjustSchedulingParams();
+      if (FLAG_adjust_os_scheduling_parameters) {
+        base::OS::AdjustSchedulingParams();
+      }
       per_thread = new PerIsolateThreadData(this, thread_id);
       thread_data_table_.Insert(per_thread);
     }
diff --git a/src/flags/flag-definitions.h b/src/flags/flag-definitions.h
index a86e646165..28bd76d9b2 100644
--- a/src/flags/flag-definitions.h
+++ b/src/flags/flag-definitions.h
@@ -1238,6 +1238,8 @@ DEFINE_BOOL(print_all_exceptions, false,
 DEFINE_BOOL(
     detailed_error_stack_trace, false,
     "includes arguments for each function call in the error stack frames array")
+DEFINE_BOOL(adjust_os_scheduling_parameters, true,
+            "adjust OS specific scheduling params for the isolate")
 
 // runtime.cc
 DEFINE_BOOL(runtime_call_stats, false, "report runtime call counts and times")