diff --git a/src/cpu/simple/atomic.cc b/src/cpu/simple/atomic.cc
index a72f6361a8..11e4d2acb2 100644
--- a/src/cpu/simple/atomic.cc
+++ b/src/cpu/simple/atomic.cc
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ AtomicSimpleCPU::activateContext(int thread_num, int delay)
 
     notIdleFraction++;
     //Make sure ticks are still on multiples of cycles
-    Tick nextTick = curTick + cycles(1) - 1;
+    Tick nextTick = curTick + cycles(delay + 1) - 1;
     nextTick -= (nextTick % (cycles(1)));
     tickEvent.schedule(nextTick);
     _status = Running;