diff -r 426c27274d72 -r af67b97a5ccb src/mem/tport.hh
--- a/src/mem/tport.hh	Fri Jul 06 14:29:43 2012 +0100
+++ b/src/mem/tport.hh	Fri Jul 06 16:03:04 2012 +0100
@@ -60,11 +60,18 @@
 class SimpleTimingPort : public QueuedSlavePort
 {
 
+  private:
+
+    /**
+     * The packet queue used to store outgoing responses. Note that
+     * the queue is made private and that we avoid overloading the
+     * name used in the QueuedSlavePort. Access is provided through
+     * the queue reference in the base class.
+     */
+    SlavePacketQueue queueImpl;
+
   protected:
 
-    /** The packet queue used to store outgoing responses. */
-    SlavePacketQueue queue;
-
     /** Implemented using recvAtomic(). */
     void recvFunctional(PacketPtr pkt);
 
diff -r 426c27274d72 -r af67b97a5ccb src/mem/tport.cc
--- a/src/mem/tport.cc	Fri Jul 06 14:29:43 2012 +0100
+++ b/src/mem/tport.cc	Fri Jul 06 16:03:04 2012 +0100
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
 
 SimpleTimingPort::SimpleTimingPort(const std::string& _name,
                                    MemObject* _owner) :
-    QueuedSlavePort(_name, _owner, queue), queue(*_owner, *this)
+    QueuedSlavePort(_name, _owner, queueImpl), queueImpl(*_owner, *this)
 {
 }