diff --git a/src/mem/ruby/filters/MultiGrainBloomFilter.cc b/src/mem/ruby/filters/MultiGrainBloomFilter.cc
index 29af6eb1b8..a1f8993c90 100644
--- a/src/mem/ruby/filters/MultiGrainBloomFilter.cc
+++ b/src/mem/ruby/filters/MultiGrainBloomFilter.cc
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ MultiGrainBloomFilter::getTotalCount()
     }
 
     for (int i=0; i < m_page_filter_size; ++i) {
-        count += m_page_filter[i] = 0;
+        count += m_page_filter[i];
     }
 
     return count;