# Node ID 7fc1f2b733cf61e3415a5add6ba4af6f6be621d9
# Parent  5be4344f16fe083ce6249d6cfefdf61b6c88323d
diff --git a/src/mem/cache/cache_impl.hh b/src/mem/cache/cache_impl.hh
--- a/src/mem/cache/cache_impl.hh
+++ b/src/mem/cache/cache_impl.hh
@@ -1052,11 +1052,7 @@
     }
 
     // First offset for critical word first calculations
-    int initial_offset = 0;
-
-    if (mshr->hasTargets()) {
-        initial_offset = mshr->getTarget()->pkt->getOffset(blkSize);
-    }
+    int initial_offset = initial_tgt->pkt->getOffset(blkSize);
 
     while (mshr->hasTargets()) {
         MSHR::Target *target = mshr->getTarget();