diff --git a/src/sim/mem_pool.cc b/src/sim/mem_pool.cc
index f568e28a4a..bde3e67b91 100644
--- a/src/sim/mem_pool.cc
+++ b/src/sim/mem_pool.cc
@@ -39,9 +39,17 @@ namespace gem5
 {
 
 MemPool::MemPool(Addr page_shift, Addr ptr, Addr limit)
-        : pageShift(page_shift), freePageNum(ptr >> page_shift),
-        _totalPages(limit >> page_shift)
+        : pageShift(page_shift), startPageNum(ptr >> page_shift),
+        freePageNum(ptr >> page_shift),
+        _totalPages((limit - ptr) >> page_shift)
 {
+    gem5_assert(_totalPages > 0);
+}
+
+Counter
+MemPool::startPage() const
+{
+    return startPageNum;
 }
 
 Counter
@@ -71,13 +79,19 @@ MemPool::totalPages() const
 Counter
 MemPool::allocatedPages() const
 {
-    return freePageNum;
+    return freePageNum - startPageNum;
 }
 
 Counter
 MemPool::freePages() const
 {
-    return _totalPages - freePageNum;
+    return _totalPages - allocatedPages();
+}
+
+Addr
+MemPool::startAddr() const
+{
+    return startPage() << pageShift;
 }
 
 Addr
diff --git a/src/sim/mem_pool.hh b/src/sim/mem_pool.hh
index 49523f4e10..3cba3b6987 100644
--- a/src/sim/mem_pool.hh
+++ b/src/sim/mem_pool.hh
@@ -47,7 +47,10 @@ class MemPool
   private:
     Addr pageShift;
 
-    /** Page number to free memory. */
+    /** Start page of pool. */
+    Counter startPageNum;
+
+    /** Page number of free memory. */
     Counter freePageNum;
 
     /** The size of the pool, in number of pages. */
@@ -56,6 +59,7 @@ class MemPool
   public:
     MemPool(Addr page_shift, Addr ptr, Addr limit);
 
+    Counter startPage() const;
     Counter freePage() const;
     void setFreePage(Counter value);
     Addr freePageAddr() const;
@@ -64,6 +68,7 @@ class MemPool
     Counter allocatedPages() const;
     Counter freePages() const;
 
+    Addr startAddr() const;
     Addr allocatedBytes() const;
     Addr freeBytes() const;
     Addr totalBytes() const;
diff --git a/src/sim/system.cc b/src/sim/system.cc
index 38952762b1..225262a4ab 100644
--- a/src/sim/system.cc
+++ b/src/sim/system.cc
@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@ System::serialize(CheckpointOut &cp) const
 
     for (const auto& memPool : memPools) {
         ptrs.push_back(memPool.freePageAddr());
-        limits.push_back(memPool.totalBytes());
+        limits.push_back(memPool.totalBytes() + memPool.startAddr());
     }
 
     SERIALIZE_CONTAINER(ptrs);