diff --git a/src/mem/ruby/common/Consumer.cc b/src/mem/ruby/common/Consumer.cc
index 8017ed7d62..4ac82920be 100644
--- a/src/mem/ruby/common/Consumer.cc
+++ b/src/mem/ruby/common/Consumer.cc
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2020 ARM Limited
+ * Copyright (c) 2020-2021 ARM Limited
  * All rights reserved.
  *
  * The license below extends only to copyright in the software and shall
@@ -46,9 +46,9 @@ namespace gem5
 namespace ruby
 {
 
-Consumer::Consumer(ClockedObject *_em)
+Consumer::Consumer(ClockedObject *_em, Event::Priority ev_prio)
     : m_wakeup_event([this]{ processCurrentEvent(); },
-                    "Consumer Event", false),
+                    "Consumer Event", false, ev_prio),
       em(_em)
 { }
 
diff --git a/src/mem/ruby/common/Consumer.hh b/src/mem/ruby/common/Consumer.hh
index 8849294cc6..9e8e89a6f4 100644
--- a/src/mem/ruby/common/Consumer.hh
+++ b/src/mem/ruby/common/Consumer.hh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2020 ARM Limited
+ * Copyright (c) 2020-2021 ARM Limited
  * All rights reserved.
  *
  * The license below extends only to copyright in the software and shall
@@ -61,7 +61,8 @@ namespace ruby
 class Consumer
 {
   public:
-    Consumer(ClockedObject *_em);
+    Consumer(ClockedObject *em,
+             Event::Priority ev_prio = Event::Default_Pri);
 
     virtual
     ~Consumer()