diff --git a/src/sim/eventq.hh b/src/sim/eventq.hh
index ff9d4bfa08..cf1734b992 100644
--- a/src/sim/eventq.hh
+++ b/src/sim/eventq.hh
@@ -1095,16 +1095,12 @@ class MemberEventWrapper final: public Event, public Named
     static_assert(std::is_same_v<MemberFunctionArgsTuple_t<F>, std::tuple<>>);
 
 public:
+    [[deprecated("Use reference version of this constructor instead")]]
     MemberEventWrapper(CLASS *object,
                        bool del = false,
                        Priority p = Default_Pri):
-        Event(p),
-        Named(object->name() + ".wrapped_event"),
-        mObject(object)
-    {
-        gem5_assert(mObject);
-        if (del) setFlags(AutoDelete);
-    }
+        MemberEventWrapper{*object, del, p}
+    {}
 
     /**
      * @brief Construct a new MemberEventWrapper object
@@ -1116,8 +1112,13 @@ public:
     MemberEventWrapper(CLASS &object,
                        bool del = false,
                        Priority p = Default_Pri):
-        MemberEventWrapper(&object, del, p)
-    {}
+        Event(p),
+        Named(object.name() + ".wrapped_event"),
+        mObject(&object)
+    {
+        if (del) setFlags(AutoDelete);
+        gem5_assert(mObject);
+    }
 
     void process() override {
         (mObject->*F)();