diff --git a/src/mem/mem_interface.cc b/src/mem/mem_interface.cc
index 7817c4ac3c..307cf922cd 100644
--- a/src/mem/mem_interface.cc
+++ b/src/mem/mem_interface.cc
@@ -2043,8 +2043,7 @@ NVMInterfaceParams::create()
 
 NVMInterface::Rank::Rank(const NVMInterfaceParams* _p,
                          int _rank, NVMInterface& _nvm)
-    : EventManager(&_nvm), nvm(_nvm), rank(_rank),
-      banks(_p->banks_per_rank)
+    : EventManager(&_nvm), rank(_rank), banks(_p->banks_per_rank)
 {
     for (int b = 0; b < _p->banks_per_rank; b++) {
         banks[b].bank = b;
diff --git a/src/mem/mem_interface.hh b/src/mem/mem_interface.hh
index 98440020aa..b67cdb07d2 100644
--- a/src/mem/mem_interface.hh
+++ b/src/mem/mem_interface.hh
@@ -1026,13 +1026,6 @@ class NVMInterface : public MemInterface
      */
     class Rank : public EventManager
     {
-      private:
-
-        /**
-         * A reference to the parent NVMInterface instance
-         */
-        NVMInterface& nvm;
-
       public:
 
         /**