1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/cpu/simple/exec_context.hh b/src/cpu/simple/exec_context.hh
index 48a9f9423..8e4aa3961 100644
--- a/src/cpu/simple/exec_context.hh
+++ b/src/cpu/simple/exec_context.hh
@@ -440,6 +440,7 @@ class SimpleExecContext : public ExecContext {
             const std::vector<bool>& byteEnable = std::vector<bool>())
         override
     {
+        assert(byteEnable.empty() || byteEnable.size() == size);
         return cpu->readMem(addr, data, size, flags, byteEnable);
     }
 
@@ -449,6 +450,7 @@ class SimpleExecContext : public ExecContext {
                     const std::vector<bool>& byteEnable = std::vector<bool>())
         override
     {
+        assert(byteEnable.empty() || byteEnable.size() == size);
         return cpu->initiateMemRead(addr, size, flags, byteEnable);
     }