diff --git a/src/cpu/simple/atomic.cc b/src/cpu/simple/atomic.cc
index 42b0e9783d..b0356b2bfe 100644
--- a/src/cpu/simple/atomic.cc
+++ b/src/cpu/simple/atomic.cc
@@ -161,6 +161,8 @@ AtomicSimpleCPU::serialize(ostream &os)
 {
     SimObject::State so_state = SimObject::getState();
     SERIALIZE_ENUM(so_state);
+    Status _status = status();
+    SERIALIZE_ENUM(_status);
     BaseSimpleCPU::serialize(os);
     nameOut(os, csprintf("%s.tickEvent", name()));
     tickEvent.serialize(os);
@@ -171,6 +173,7 @@ AtomicSimpleCPU::unserialize(Checkpoint *cp, const string &section)
 {
     SimObject::State so_state;
     UNSERIALIZE_ENUM(so_state);
+    UNSERIALIZE_ENUM(_status);
     BaseSimpleCPU::unserialize(cp, section);
     tickEvent.unserialize(cp, csprintf("%s.tickEvent", section));
 }