diff --git a/src/sim/global_event.cc b/src/sim/global_event.cc
index fedee351f..f01df51d0 100644
--- a/src/sim/global_event.cc
+++ b/src/sim/global_event.cc
@@ -34,9 +34,9 @@
 std::mutex BaseGlobalEvent::globalQMutex;
 
 BaseGlobalEvent::BaseGlobalEvent(Priority p, Flags f)
+    : barrier(numMainEventQueues),
+      barrierEvent(numMainEventQueues, NULL)
 {
-    barrierEvent.resize(numMainEventQueues);
-    barrier = new Barrier(numMainEventQueues);
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/sim/global_event.hh b/src/sim/global_event.hh
index 3a5297e78..88981b52a 100644
--- a/src/sim/global_event.hh
+++ b/src/sim/global_event.hh
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ class BaseGlobalEvent : public EventBase
             // while waiting on the barrier to prevent deadlocks if
             // another thread wants to lock the event queue.
             EventQueue::ScopedRelease release(curEventQueue());
-            return _globalEvent->barrier->wait();
+            return _globalEvent->barrier.wait();
         }
 
       public:
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ class BaseGlobalEvent : public EventBase
 
     //! The barrier that all threads wait on before performing the
     //! global event.
-    Barrier *barrier;
+    Barrier barrier;
 
     //! The individual local event instances (one per thread/event queue).
     std::vector<BarrierEvent *> barrierEvent;