diff --git a/src/mem/ruby/system/CacheMemory.cc b/src/mem/ruby/system/CacheMemory.cc
index f57c4c7ad..2ea6942ff 100644
--- a/src/mem/ruby/system/CacheMemory.cc
+++ b/src/mem/ruby/system/CacheMemory.cc
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ CacheMemory::recordCacheContents(int cntrl, CacheRecorder* tr) const
 void
 CacheMemory::print(ostream& out) const
 {
-    out << "Cache dump: " << m_cache_name << endl;
+    out << "Cache dump: " << name() << endl;
     for (int i = 0; i < m_cache_num_sets; i++) {
         for (int j = 0; j < m_cache_assoc; j++) {
             if (m_cache[i][j] != NULL) {
diff --git a/src/mem/ruby/system/CacheMemory.hh b/src/mem/ruby/system/CacheMemory.hh
index db9e00e21..aa619e59d 100644
--- a/src/mem/ruby/system/CacheMemory.hh
+++ b/src/mem/ruby/system/CacheMemory.hh
@@ -144,7 +144,6 @@ class CacheMemory : public SimObject
     CacheMemory& operator=(const CacheMemory& obj);
 
   private:
-    const std::string m_cache_name;
     Cycles m_latency;
 
     // Data Members (m_prefix)