diff --git a/src/arch/alpha/remote_gdb.cc b/src/arch/alpha/remote_gdb.cc
index 829e41ca8..f23fc3205 100644
--- a/src/arch/alpha/remote_gdb.cc
+++ b/src/arch/alpha/remote_gdb.cc
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ using namespace TheISA;
 RemoteGDB::RemoteGDB(System *_system, ThreadContext *c)
     : BaseRemoteGDB(_system, c, KGDB_NUMREGS)
 {
-    memset(gdbregs.regs, 0, gdbregs.size);
+    memset(gdbregs.regs, 0, gdbregs.bytes());
 }
 
 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ RemoteGDB::acc(Addr va, size_t len)
 void
 RemoteGDB::getregs()
 {
-    memset(gdbregs.regs, 0, gdbregs.size);
+    memset(gdbregs.regs, 0, gdbregs.bytes());
 
     gdbregs.regs[KGDB_REG_PC] = context->readPC();
 
diff --git a/src/base/remote_gdb.cc b/src/base/remote_gdb.cc
index fae814904..55fb97ce9 100644
--- a/src/base/remote_gdb.cc
+++ b/src/base/remote_gdb.cc
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ BaseRemoteGDB::BaseRemoteGDB(System *_system, ThreadContext *c, size_t cacheSize
       system(_system), pmem(_system->physmem), context(c),
       gdbregs(cacheSize)
 {
-    memset(gdbregs.regs, 0, gdbregs.size);
+    memset(gdbregs.regs, 0, gdbregs.bytes());
 }
 
 BaseRemoteGDB::~BaseRemoteGDB()
@@ -610,7 +610,7 @@ BaseRemoteGDB::trap(int type)
     uint64_t val;
     size_t datalen, len;
     char data[GDBPacketBufLen + 1];
-    char buffer[gdbregs.size * 2 + 256];
+    char buffer[gdbregs.bytes() * 2 + 256];
     const char *p;
     char command, subcmd;
     string var;
@@ -662,15 +662,15 @@ BaseRemoteGDB::trap(int type)
             continue;
 
           case GDBRegR:
-            if (2 * gdbregs.size > sizeof(buffer))
+            if (2 * gdbregs.bytes() > sizeof(buffer))
                 panic("buffer too small");
 
-            mem2hex(buffer, gdbregs.regs, gdbregs.size);
+            mem2hex(buffer, gdbregs.regs, gdbregs.bytes());
             send(buffer);
             continue;
 
           case GDBRegW:
-            p = hex2mem(gdbregs.regs, p, gdbregs.size);
+            p = hex2mem(gdbregs.regs, p, gdbregs.bytes());
             if (p == NULL || *p != '\0')
                 send("E01");
             else {
diff --git a/src/base/remote_gdb.hh b/src/base/remote_gdb.hh
index 4a1754afd..9a3201c95 100644
--- a/src/base/remote_gdb.hh
+++ b/src/base/remote_gdb.hh
@@ -145,6 +145,7 @@ class BaseRemoteGDB
 
         uint64_t * regs;
         size_t size;
+        size_t bytes() { return size * sizeof(uint64_t); }
     };
 
     GdbRegCache gdbregs;