@@ -1216,13 +1216,15 @@
       
       ;; well, first lets see if cpu load throttling is enabled. If so wait around until the
       ;; average cpu load is under the threshold before continuing
 
       ;; jobtools maxload is useful for where the full Megatest run is done on one machine
-      (if maxload ;; only gate if maxload is specified, NOTE: maxload is normalized, i.e. load=1 means all cpus fully utilized
+      (if (and (not (common:on-homehost?))
+	       maxload) ;; only gate if maxload is specified, NOTE: maxload is normalized, i.e. load=1 means all cpus fully utilized
           (common:wait-for-normalized-load maxload "Waiting for load to drop before starting more tests" #f))
 
+      
       ;; jobtools maxhomehostload is intended to prevent overloading on the homehost which can cause database corruption issues
       (if maxhomehostload
           (common:wait-for-homehost-load maxhomehostload
 					 (conc "Waiting for homehost load to drop below normalized value of " maxhomehostload)))