2 files changed, 25 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/src/mem/cache/prefetch/stride.cc b/src/mem/cache/prefetch/stride.cc
index c09facef0..4520f12c2 100644
--- a/src/mem/cache/prefetch/stride.cc
+++ b/src/mem/cache/prefetch/stride.cc
@@ -57,6 +57,21 @@
 #include "debug/HWPrefetch.hh"
 #include "params/StridePrefetcher.hh"
 
+StridePrefetcher::StrideEntry::StrideEntry()
+{
+    invalidate();
+}
+
+void
+StridePrefetcher::StrideEntry::invalidate()
+{
+    instAddr = 0;
+    lastAddr = 0;
+    isSecure = false;
+    stride = 0;
+    confidence = 0;
+}
+
 StridePrefetcher::StridePrefetcher(const StridePrefetcherParams *p)
     : QueuedPrefetcher(p),
       maxConf(p->max_conf),
@@ -182,10 +197,14 @@ StridePrefetcher::calculatePrefetch(const PacketPtr &pkt,
                 is_secure ? "s" : "ns");
 
         StrideEntry* entry = pcTable->findVictim(pc);
+
+        // Invalidate victim
+        entry->invalidate();
+
+        // Insert new entry's data
         entry->instAddr = pc;
         entry->lastAddr = pkt_addr;
         entry->isSecure= is_secure;
-        entry->stride = 0;
         entry->confidence = startConf;
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/mem/cache/prefetch/stride.hh b/src/mem/cache/prefetch/stride.hh
index ec22ca63f..772c3a511 100644
--- a/src/mem/cache/prefetch/stride.hh
+++ b/src/mem/cache/prefetch/stride.hh
@@ -75,9 +75,11 @@ class StridePrefetcher : public QueuedPrefetcher
 
     struct StrideEntry
     {
-        StrideEntry() : instAddr(0), lastAddr(0), isSecure(false), stride(0),
-                        confidence(0)
-        { }
+        /** Default constructor */
+        StrideEntry();
+
+        /** Invalidate the entry */
+        void invalidate();
 
         Addr instAddr;
         Addr lastAddr;