Index: runtime/src/kmp.h
===================================================================
--- runtime/src/kmp.h
+++ runtime/src/kmp.h
@@ -2119,6 +2119,7 @@
 extern kmp_tasking_mode_t
     __kmp_tasking_mode; /* determines how/when to execute tasks */
 extern int __kmp_task_stealing_constraint;
+extern int __kmp_enable_task_throttling;
 #if OMP_40_ENABLED
 extern kmp_int32 __kmp_default_device; // Set via OMP_DEFAULT_DEVICE if
 // specified, defaults to 0 otherwise
Index: runtime/src/kmp_global.cpp
===================================================================
--- runtime/src/kmp_global.cpp
+++ runtime/src/kmp_global.cpp
@@ -341,6 +341,7 @@
 KMP_BUILD_ASSERT(sizeof(kmp_tasking_flags_t) == 4);
 
 int __kmp_task_stealing_constraint = 1; /* Constrain task stealing by default */
+int __kmp_enable_task_throttling = 1;
 
 #ifdef DEBUG_SUSPEND
 int __kmp_suspend_count = 0;
Index: runtime/src/kmp_settings.cpp
===================================================================
--- runtime/src/kmp_settings.cpp
+++ runtime/src/kmp_settings.cpp
@@ -4682,6 +4682,20 @@
 } // __kmp_stg_print_forkjoin_frames
 #endif /* USE_ITT_BUILD */
 
+// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// KMP_ENABLE_TASK_THROTTLING
+
+static void __kmp_stg_parse_task_throttling(char const *name,
+                                            char const *value, void *data) {
+  __kmp_stg_parse_bool(name, value, &__kmp_enable_task_throttling);
+} // __kmp_stg_parse_task_throttling
+
+
+static void __kmp_stg_print_task_throttling(kmp_str_buf_t *buffer,
+                                            char const *name, void *data) {
+  __kmp_stg_print_bool(buffer, name, __kmp_enable_task_throttling);
+} // __kmp_stg_print_task_throttling
+
 // -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // OMP_DISPLAY_ENV
 
@@ -5003,6 +5017,8 @@
     {"KMP_FORKJOIN_FRAMES_MODE", __kmp_stg_parse_forkjoin_frames_mode,
      __kmp_stg_print_forkjoin_frames_mode, NULL, 0, 0},
 #endif
+    {"KMP_ENABLE_TASK_THROTTLING", __kmp_stg_parse_task_throttling,
+     __kmp_stg_print_task_throttling, NULL, 0, 0},
 
 #if OMP_40_ENABLED
     {"OMP_DISPLAY_ENV", __kmp_stg_parse_omp_display_env,
Index: runtime/src/kmp_tasking.cpp
===================================================================
--- runtime/src/kmp_tasking.cpp
+++ runtime/src/kmp_tasking.cpp
@@ -374,7 +374,8 @@
   // Check if deque is full
   if (TCR_4(thread_data->td.td_deque_ntasks) >=
       TASK_DEQUE_SIZE(thread_data->td)) {
-    if (__kmp_task_is_allowed(gtid, __kmp_task_stealing_constraint, taskdata,
+    if (__kmp_enable_task_throttling &&
+        __kmp_task_is_allowed(gtid, __kmp_task_stealing_constraint, taskdata,
                               thread->th.th_current_task)) {
       KA_TRACE(20, ("__kmp_push_task: T#%d deque is full; returning "
                     "TASK_NOT_PUSHED for task %p\n",
@@ -394,7 +395,8 @@
     // Need to recheck as we can get a proxy task from thread outside of OpenMP
     if (TCR_4(thread_data->td.td_deque_ntasks) >=
         TASK_DEQUE_SIZE(thread_data->td)) {
-      if (__kmp_task_is_allowed(gtid, __kmp_task_stealing_constraint, taskdata,
+      if (__kmp_enable_task_throttling &&
+          __kmp_task_is_allowed(gtid, __kmp_task_stealing_constraint, taskdata,
                                 thread->th.th_current_task)) {
         __kmp_release_bootstrap_lock(&thread_data->td.td_deque_lock);
         KA_TRACE(20, ("__kmp_push_task: T#%d deque is full on 2nd check; "