diff --git a/src/cpu/inorder/cpu.cc b/src/cpu/inorder/cpu.cc
index f67691d0a..4aff0c579 100644
--- a/src/cpu/inorder/cpu.cc
+++ b/src/cpu/inorder/cpu.cc
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ InOrderCPU::InOrderCPU(Params *params)
         } else {
             if (tid < (ThreadID)params->workload.size()) {
                 DPRINTF(InOrderCPU, "Workload[%i] process is %#x\n",
-                        tid, params->workload[tid]->prog_fname);
+                        tid, params->workload[tid]->progName());
                 thread[tid] =
                     new Thread(this, tid, params->workload[tid]);
             } else {
diff --git a/src/sim/process.cc b/src/sim/process.cc
index 72b808a1d..f92fb91e2 100644
--- a/src/sim/process.cc
+++ b/src/sim/process.cc
@@ -571,8 +571,6 @@ LiveProcess::LiveProcess(LiveProcessParams * params, ObjectFile *_objFile)
     __pid = params->pid;
     __ppid = params->ppid;
 
-    prog_fname = params->cmd[0];
-
     // load up symbols, if any... these may be used for debugging or
     // profiling.
     if (!debugSymbolTable) {
diff --git a/src/sim/process.hh b/src/sim/process.hh
index cddd060fd..be4c53dd9 100644
--- a/src/sim/process.hh
+++ b/src/sim/process.hh
@@ -110,11 +110,8 @@ class Process : public SimObject
     Addr nxm_start;
     Addr nxm_end;
 
-    std::string prog_fname;     // file name
-
     Stats::Scalar num_syscalls;       // number of syscalls executed
 
-
   protected:
     // constructor
     Process(ProcessParams *params);
@@ -177,6 +174,9 @@ class Process : public SimObject
     // Find a free context to use
     ThreadContext *findFreeContext();
 
+    // provide program name for debug messages
+    virtual const char *progName() const { return "<unknown>"; }
+
     // map simulator fd sim_fd to target fd tgt_fd
     void dup_fd(int sim_fd, int tgt_fd);
 
@@ -292,6 +292,9 @@ class LiveProcess : public Process
     inline uint64_t pid() {return __pid;}
     inline uint64_t ppid() {return __ppid;}
 
+    // provide program name for debug messages
+    virtual const char *progName() const { return argv[0].c_str(); }
+
     std::string
     fullPath(const std::string &filename)
     {