diff --git a/src/mem/mem_ctrl.cc b/src/mem/mem_ctrl.cc
index 1e60ced3f7..cc27684961 100644
--- a/src/mem/mem_ctrl.cc
+++ b/src/mem/mem_ctrl.cc
@@ -154,6 +154,18 @@ MemCtrl::recvAtomic(PacketPtr pkt)
     return latency;
 }
 
+Tick
+MemCtrl::recvAtomicBackdoor(PacketPtr pkt, MemBackdoorPtr &backdoor)
+{
+    Tick latency = recvAtomic(pkt);
+    if (dram) {
+        dram->getBackdoor(backdoor);
+    } else if (nvm) {
+        nvm->getBackdoor(backdoor);
+    }
+    return latency;
+}
+
 bool
 MemCtrl::readQueueFull(unsigned int neededEntries) const
 {
@@ -1461,6 +1473,13 @@ MemCtrl::MemoryPort::recvAtomic(PacketPtr pkt)
     return ctrl.recvAtomic(pkt);
 }
 
+Tick
+MemCtrl::MemoryPort::recvAtomicBackdoor(
+        PacketPtr pkt, MemBackdoorPtr &backdoor)
+{
+    return ctrl.recvAtomicBackdoor(pkt, backdoor);
+}
+
 bool
 MemCtrl::MemoryPort::recvTimingReq(PacketPtr pkt)
 {
diff --git a/src/mem/mem_ctrl.hh b/src/mem/mem_ctrl.hh
index e6ae0abe38..dd13e3ce09 100644
--- a/src/mem/mem_ctrl.hh
+++ b/src/mem/mem_ctrl.hh
@@ -251,13 +251,15 @@ class MemCtrl : public QoS::MemCtrl
 
       protected:
 
-        Tick recvAtomic(PacketPtr pkt);
+        Tick recvAtomic(PacketPtr pkt) override;
+        Tick recvAtomicBackdoor(
+                PacketPtr pkt, MemBackdoorPtr &backdoor) override;
 
-        void recvFunctional(PacketPtr pkt);
+        void recvFunctional(PacketPtr pkt) override;
 
-        bool recvTimingReq(PacketPtr);
+        bool recvTimingReq(PacketPtr) override;
 
-        virtual AddrRangeList getAddrRanges() const;
+        AddrRangeList getAddrRanges() const override;
 
     };
 
@@ -701,6 +703,7 @@ class MemCtrl : public QoS::MemCtrl
   protected:
 
     Tick recvAtomic(PacketPtr pkt);
+    Tick recvAtomicBackdoor(PacketPtr pkt, MemBackdoorPtr &backdoor);
     void recvFunctional(PacketPtr pkt);
     bool recvTimingReq(PacketPtr pkt);