diff --git a/content/browser/browser_main_loop.cc b/content/browser/browser_main_loop.cc
index c7dd81b..4b8fa20 100644
--- a/content/browser/browser_main_loop.cc
+++ b/content/browser/browser_main_loop.cc
@@ -541,6 +541,9 @@
     SurfaceTextureManager::InitInstance(new BrowserSurfaceTextureManager);
   }
 
+#if 0
+  // Screen orientation lock doesn't work on WebView yet. Skip setting the
+  // delegate to force all lock attempts to report failure to calling JS code.
   {
     TRACE_EVENT0("startup",
                  "BrowserMainLoop::Subsystem:ScreenOrientationProvider");
@@ -549,6 +552,7 @@
     ScreenOrientationProvider::SetDelegate(screen_orientation_delegate_.get());
   }
 #endif
+#endif
 
   if (parsed_command_line_.HasSwitch(switches::kMemoryMetrics)) {
     TRACE_EVENT0("startup", "BrowserMainLoop::Subsystem:MemoryObserver");