diff --git a/src/cpu/simple/atomic.cc b/src/cpu/simple/atomic.cc
index 38a8ba097..25c478ae9 100644
--- a/src/cpu/simple/atomic.cc
+++ b/src/cpu/simple/atomic.cc
@@ -448,7 +448,8 @@ AtomicSimpleCPU::tick()
     for (int i = 0; i < width; ++i) {
         numCycles++;
 
-        checkForInterrupts();
+        if (!curStaticInst || !curStaticInst->isDelayedCommit())
+            checkForInterrupts();
 
         Fault fault = setupFetchRequest(ifetch_req);
 
diff --git a/src/cpu/simple/timing.cc b/src/cpu/simple/timing.cc
index 97df0e5d5..fe6775ea4 100644
--- a/src/cpu/simple/timing.cc
+++ b/src/cpu/simple/timing.cc
@@ -427,7 +427,8 @@ TimingSimpleCPU::write(int32_t data, Addr addr, unsigned flags, uint64_t *res)
 void
 TimingSimpleCPU::fetch()
 {
-    checkForInterrupts();
+    if (!curStaticInst || !curStaticInst->isDelayedCommit())
+        checkForInterrupts();
 
     Request *ifetch_req = new Request();
     ifetch_req->setThreadContext(cpu_id, /* thread ID */ 0);