diff -r 42807286d6cb -r f5f184f18e42 src/cpu/base.cc
--- a/src/cpu/base.cc	Tue Aug 28 17:57:51 2012 -0500
+++ b/src/cpu/base.cc	Fri Aug 31 18:19:21 2012 -0500
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@
     : MemObject(p), instCnt(0), _cpuId(p->cpu_id),
       _instMasterId(p->system->getMasterId(name() + ".inst")),
       _dataMasterId(p->system->getMasterId(name() + ".data")),
-      interrupts(p->interrupts),
+      interrupts(p->interrupts), profileEvent(NULL),
       numThreads(p->numThreads), system(p->system)
 {
     // if Python did not provide a valid ID, do it here
@@ -225,7 +225,6 @@
     }
 
     if (FullSystem) {
-        profileEvent = NULL;
         if (params()->profile)
             profileEvent = new ProfileEvent(this, params()->profile);
     }