3 files changed, 3 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/src/mem/cache/miss/blocking_buffer.cc b/src/mem/cache/miss/blocking_buffer.cc
index d745cb8c6..10d53b109 100644
--- a/src/mem/cache/miss/blocking_buffer.cc
+++ b/src/mem/cache/miss/blocking_buffer.cc
@@ -210,8 +210,7 @@ BlockingBuffer::doWriteback(Addr addr, int asid,
     // Generate request
     Request * req = new Request(addr, size, 0);
     Packet * pkt = new Packet(req, Packet::Writeback, -1);
-    uint8_t *new_data = new uint8_t[size];
-    pkt->dataDynamicArray<uint8_t>(new_data);
+    pkt->allocate();
     if (data) {
         memcpy(pkt->getPtr<uint8_t>(), data, size);
     }
diff --git a/src/mem/cache/miss/miss_queue.cc b/src/mem/cache/miss/miss_queue.cc
index 34290351d..99ebab017 100644
--- a/src/mem/cache/miss/miss_queue.cc
+++ b/src/mem/cache/miss/miss_queue.cc
@@ -714,8 +714,7 @@ MissQueue::doWriteback(Addr addr, int asid,
     // Generate request
     Request * req = new Request(addr, size, 0);
     Packet * pkt = new Packet(req, Packet::Writeback, -1);
-    uint8_t *new_data = new uint8_t[size];
-    pkt->dataDynamicArray<uint8_t>(new_data);
+    pkt->allocate();
     if (data) {
         memcpy(pkt->getPtr<uint8_t>(), data, size);
     }
diff --git a/src/mem/cache/miss/mshr.cc b/src/mem/cache/miss/mshr.cc
index fe8cbeea4..05a2fe1c5 100644
--- a/src/mem/cache/miss/mshr.cc
+++ b/src/mem/cache/miss/mshr.cc
@@ -90,8 +90,7 @@ MSHR::allocateAsBuffer(Packet * &target)
     asid = target->req->getAsid();
     threadNum = target->req->getThreadNum();
     pkt = new Packet(target->req, target->cmd, -1);
-    uint8_t *new_data = new uint8_t[target->getSize()];
-    pkt->dataDynamicArray<uint8_t>(new_data);
+    pkt->allocate();
     pkt->senderState = (Packet::SenderState*)this;
     pkt->time = curTick;
 }