diff -r 034d5df4c4a0 -r f3dcf1be17c4 src/mem/ruby/system/RubyPort.cc
--- a/src/mem/ruby/system/RubyPort.cc	Sat Sep 26 17:23:15 2015 -0500
+++ b/src/mem/ruby/system/RubyPort.cc	Sun Sep 27 11:51:42 2015 -0500
@@ -508,10 +508,11 @@
     // This request is deleted in the stack-allocated packet destructor
     // when this function exits
     // TODO: should this really be using funcMasterId?
-    RequestPtr req = new Request(address, 0, 0, Request::funcMasterId);
+    Request request(address, RubySystem::getBlockSizeBytes(), 0,
+                    Request::funcMasterId);
     // Use a single packet to signal all snooping ports of the invalidation.
     // This assumes that snooping ports do NOT modify the packet/request
-    Packet pkt(req, MemCmd::InvalidateReq);
+    Packet pkt(&request, MemCmd::InvalidateReq);
     for (CpuPortIter p = slave_ports.begin(); p != slave_ports.end(); ++p) {
         // check if the connected master port is snooping
         if ((*p)->isSnooping()) {