diff -r 63325e5b0a9d -r b19288c09581 src/mem/comm_monitor.cc
--- a/src/mem/comm_monitor.cc	Fri Jan 27 15:07:20 2017 -0600
+++ b/src/mem/comm_monitor.cc	Fri Feb 03 10:45:50 2017 -0600
@@ -248,8 +248,6 @@
     // or even deleted when sendTiming() is called.
     const ProbePoints::PacketInfo pkt_info(pkt);
 
-    const bool is_read = pkt->isRead();
-    const bool is_write = pkt->isWrite();
     const bool expects_response(pkt->needsResponse() &&
                                 !pkt->cacheResponding());
 
@@ -275,7 +273,8 @@
 
     if (successful) {
         DPRINTF(CommMonitor, "Forwarded %s request\n",
-                (is_read ? "read" : (is_write ? "write" : "non read/write")));
+                (pkt->isRead() ? "read" :
+                (pkt->isWrite() ? "write" : "non read/write")));
         stats.updateReqStats(pkt_info, false, expects_response);
     }
     return successful;
@@ -291,8 +290,6 @@
     // or even deleted when sendTiming() is called.
     const ProbePoints::PacketInfo pkt_info(pkt);
 
-    bool is_read = pkt->isRead();
-    bool is_write = pkt->isWrite();
     Tick latency = 0;
     CommMonitorSenderState* received_state =
         dynamic_cast<CommMonitorSenderState*>(pkt->senderState);
@@ -326,7 +323,8 @@
     if (successful) {
         ppPktResp->notify(pkt_info);
         DPRINTF(CommMonitor, "Received %s response\n",
-                (is_read ? "Read" : (is_write ? "Write" : "non read/write")));
+                (pkt->isRead() ? "Read" :
+                (pkt->isWrite() ? "Write" : "non read/write")));
         stats.updateRespStats(pkt_info, latency, false);
     }
     return successful;