diff --git a/src/mem/protocol/Network_test-msg.sm b/src/mem/protocol/Network_test-msg.sm
index 9e21d39bb..672a13db0 100644
--- a/src/mem/protocol/Network_test-msg.sm
+++ b/src/mem/protocol/Network_test-msg.sm
@@ -41,7 +41,11 @@ structure(RequestMsg, desc="...", interface="NetworkMessage") {
   DataBlock DataBlk,           desc="data for the cache line";
   MessageSizeType MessageSize, desc="size category of the message";
 
-  void functionalWrite(Packet *pkt) {
+  bool functionalRead(Packet *pkt) {
+    error("Network test does not support functional accesses!");
+  }
+
+  bool functionalWrite(Packet *pkt) {
     error("Network test does not support functional accesses!");
   }
 }