diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/config/DatabaseDescriptor.java b/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/config/DatabaseDescriptor.java
index 1ee74e95fc..1dd16883eb 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/config/DatabaseDescriptor.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/config/DatabaseDescriptor.java
@@ -1463,8 +1463,7 @@ public class DatabaseDescriptor
 
     public static int getSSTablePreempiveOpenIntervalInMB()
     {
-        //return conf.sstable_preemptive_open_interval_in_mb;
-        return -1;
+        return conf.sstable_preemptive_open_interval_in_mb;
     }
 
     public static boolean getTrickleFsync()