# Node ID eea05dd8ca10767309fb1d56daa79065a32aaaf2
# Parent  b015addd7b9d04bd4960dab1135f8c5e48351715
diff --git a/src/mem/ruby/system/RubyPort.cc b/src/mem/ruby/system/RubyPort.cc
--- a/src/mem/ruby/system/RubyPort.cc
+++ b/src/mem/ruby/system/RubyPort.cc
@@ -545,8 +545,10 @@
     // turn packet around to go back to requester if response expected
     if (needsResponse) {
         DPRINTF(RubyPort, "Sending packet back over port\n");
-        // send next cycle
-        schedTimingResp(pkt, curTick() + g_system_ptr->clockPeriod());
+        // Send a response in the same cycle. There is no need to delay the
+        // response because the response latency is already incurred in the
+        // Ruby protocol.
+        schedTimingResp(pkt, curTick());
     } else {
         delete pkt;
     }