diff --git a/src/mem/cache/base.cc b/src/mem/cache/base.cc
index 4007a4fb5f..f97c30ab48 100644
--- a/src/mem/cache/base.cc
+++ b/src/mem/cache/base.cc
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ BaseCache::handleTimingReqMiss(PacketPtr pkt, MSHR *mshr, CacheBlk *blk,
                 // delay of the xbar.
                 mshr->allocateTarget(pkt, forward_time, order++,
                                      allocOnFill(pkt->cmd));
-                if (mshr->getNumTargets() == numTarget) {
+                if (mshr->getNumTargets() >= numTarget) {
                     noTargetMSHR = mshr;
                     setBlocked(Blocked_NoTargets);
                     // need to be careful with this... if this mshr isn't