diff --git a/src/mem/tport.cc b/src/mem/tport.cc
index 1ce3b4dc2e..b5f775a566 100644
--- a/src/mem/tport.cc
+++ b/src/mem/tport.cc
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
 
 SimpleTimingPort::SimpleTimingPort(const std::string& _name,
                                    MemObject* _owner) :
-    QueuedSlavePort(_name, _owner, queue), queue(*_owner, *this)
+    QueuedSlavePort(_name, _owner, queueImpl), queueImpl(*_owner, *this)
 {
 }
 
diff --git a/src/mem/tport.hh b/src/mem/tport.hh
index 1f08d1a912..5e80f4fab0 100644
--- a/src/mem/tport.hh
+++ b/src/mem/tport.hh
@@ -60,10 +60,17 @@
 class SimpleTimingPort : public QueuedSlavePort
 {
 
-  protected:
+  private:
 
-    /** The packet queue used to store outgoing responses. */
-    SlavePacketQueue queue;
+    /**
+     * The packet queue used to store outgoing responses. Note that
+     * the queue is made private and that we avoid overloading the
+     * name used in the QueuedSlavePort. Access is provided through
+     * the queue reference in the base class.
+     */
+    SlavePacketQueue queueImpl;
+
+  protected:
 
     /** Implemented using recvAtomic(). */
     void recvFunctional(PacketPtr pkt);