diff --git a/src/arch/arm/linux/process.cc b/src/arch/arm/linux/process.cc
index 8cf113a60..6b449c2e7 100644
--- a/src/arch/arm/linux/process.cc
+++ b/src/arch/arm/linux/process.cc
@@ -502,9 +502,9 @@ ArmLinuxProcess::getDesc(int callnum)
 }
 
 void
-ArmLinuxProcess::startup()
+ArmLinuxProcess::initState()
 {
-    ArmLiveProcess::startup();
+    ArmLiveProcess::initState();
     pTable->allocate(commPage, PageBytes);
     ThreadContext *tc = system->getThreadContext(contextIds[0]);
 
diff --git a/src/arch/arm/linux/process.hh b/src/arch/arm/linux/process.hh
index 7b9e5789e..f0a81c5fc 100644
--- a/src/arch/arm/linux/process.hh
+++ b/src/arch/arm/linux/process.hh
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ class ArmLinuxProcess : public ArmLiveProcess
 
     virtual SyscallDesc* getDesc(int callnum);
 
-    void startup();
+    void initState();
 
     ArmISA::IntReg getSyscallArg(ThreadContext *tc, int &i);
     void setSyscallArg(ThreadContext *tc, int i, ArmISA::IntReg val);
diff --git a/src/arch/arm/process.cc b/src/arch/arm/process.cc
index 829911a7c..61349192f 100644
--- a/src/arch/arm/process.cc
+++ b/src/arch/arm/process.cc
@@ -75,9 +75,9 @@ ArmLiveProcess::ArmLiveProcess(LiveProcessParams *params, ObjectFile *objFile,
 }
 
 void
-ArmLiveProcess::startup()
+ArmLiveProcess::initState()
 {
-    LiveProcess::startup();
+    LiveProcess::initState();
     argsInit(MachineBytes, VMPageSize);
     for (int i = 0; i < contextIds.size(); i++) {
         ThreadContext * tc = system->getThreadContext(contextIds[i]);
diff --git a/src/arch/arm/process.hh b/src/arch/arm/process.hh
index 6017f7649..8816b765d 100644
--- a/src/arch/arm/process.hh
+++ b/src/arch/arm/process.hh
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ class ArmLiveProcess : public LiveProcess
     ArmLiveProcess(LiveProcessParams * params, ObjectFile *objFile,
                    ObjectFile::Arch _arch);
 
-    void startup();
+    void initState();
 
   public:
     void argsInit(int intSize, int pageSize);