diff --git a/src/mem/ruby/common/WriteMask.hh b/src/mem/ruby/common/WriteMask.hh
index 895584a5d2..1cb3f46501 100644
--- a/src/mem/ruby/common/WriteMask.hh
+++ b/src/mem/ruby/common/WriteMask.hh
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ class WriteMask
     }
 
     bool
-    cmpMask(const WriteMask &readMask) const
+    containsMask(const WriteMask &readMask) const
     {
         bool tmp = true;
         assert(mSize == readMask.mSize);
diff --git a/src/mem/ruby/protocol/GPU_VIPER-TCP.sm b/src/mem/ruby/protocol/GPU_VIPER-TCP.sm
index 5e987c8e82..a231da4b36 100644
--- a/src/mem/ruby/protocol/GPU_VIPER-TCP.sm
+++ b/src/mem/ruby/protocol/GPU_VIPER-TCP.sm
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ machine(MachineType:TCP, "GPU TCP (L1 Data Cache)")
 
   action(norl_issueRdBlkOrloadDone, "norl", desc="local load done") {
     peek(mandatoryQueue_in, RubyRequest){
-      if (cache_entry.writeMask.cmpMask(in_msg.writeMask)) {
+      if (cache_entry.writeMask.containsMask(in_msg.writeMask)) {
           if (use_seq_not_coal) {
             sequencer.readCallback(address, cache_entry.DataBlk, false, MachineType:L1Cache);
           } else {
diff --git a/src/mem/ruby/protocol/RubySlicc_Exports.sm b/src/mem/ruby/protocol/RubySlicc_Exports.sm
index 7706f572da..cea6c048cc 100644
--- a/src/mem/ruby/protocol/RubySlicc_Exports.sm
+++ b/src/mem/ruby/protocol/RubySlicc_Exports.sm
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ external_type(RequestPtr, primitive="yes", default="nullptr");
 
 structure(WriteMask, external="yes", desc="...") {
   void clear();
-  bool cmpMask(WriteMask);
+  bool containsMask(WriteMask);
   bool isEmpty();
   bool isFull();
   bool isOverlap(WriteMask);
diff --git a/src/mem/ruby/protocol/chi/CHI-cache-funcs.sm b/src/mem/ruby/protocol/chi/CHI-cache-funcs.sm
index 40f33ce2f5..adf4e1c617 100644
--- a/src/mem/ruby/protocol/chi/CHI-cache-funcs.sm
+++ b/src/mem/ruby/protocol/chi/CHI-cache-funcs.sm
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ void functionalRead(Addr addr, Packet *pkt, WriteMask &mask) {
 
   WriteMask test_mask := mask;
   test_mask.orMask(read_mask);
-  if ((mask.cmpMask(test_mask) == false) || dirty) {
+  if ((mask.containsMask(test_mask) == false) || dirty) {
     if (from_tbe) {
       if(testAndReadMask(addr, tbe.dataBlk, read_mask, pkt)) {
         DPRINTF(RubySlicc, "functionalRead tbe %x %s dirty=%d %s %s\n", addr, tbe.dataBlk, tbe.dataDirty, read_mask, mask);
diff --git a/src/mem/ruby/protocol/chi/CHI-msg.sm b/src/mem/ruby/protocol/chi/CHI-msg.sm
index 22fc508711..19cf3438ef 100644
--- a/src/mem/ruby/protocol/chi/CHI-msg.sm
+++ b/src/mem/ruby/protocol/chi/CHI-msg.sm
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ structure(CHIDataMsg, desc="", interface="Message") {
     assert(bitMask.isEmpty() == false);
     WriteMask test_mask := mask;
     test_mask.orMask(bitMask);
-    if ((mask.cmpMask(test_mask) == false) || is_dirty) {
+    if ((mask.containsMask(test_mask) == false) || is_dirty) {
       if (testAndReadMask(addr, dataBlk, bitMask, pkt)) {
         mask.orMask(bitMask);
         return true;