diff --git a/src/systemc/tlm_bridge/tlm_to_gem5.cc b/src/systemc/tlm_bridge/tlm_to_gem5.cc
index c02efe7437..036ca738ca 100644
--- a/src/systemc/tlm_bridge/tlm_to_gem5.cc
+++ b/src/systemc/tlm_bridge/tlm_to_gem5.cc
@@ -540,6 +540,7 @@ TlmToGem5Bridge<BITWIDTH>::recvReqRetry()
         trans.release();
 
         pendingRequest = nullptr;
+        pendingPacket = nullptr;
     }
 }