diff --git a/src/cpu/o3/cpu.cc b/src/cpu/o3/cpu.cc
index f2e0f60..920bef0 100644
--- a/src/cpu/o3/cpu.cc
+++ b/src/cpu/o3/cpu.cc
@@ -1022,7 +1022,7 @@
 
     // Wake the CPU and record activity so everything can drain out if
     // the CPU was not able to immediately drain.
-    if (!isDrained())  {
+    if (!isCpuDrained())  {
         // If a thread is suspended, wake it up so it can be drained
         for (auto t : threadContexts) {
             if (t->status() == ThreadContext::Suspended){
@@ -1048,7 +1048,7 @@
         // Flush out any old data from the time buffers.  In
         // particular, there might be some data in flight from the
         // fetch stage that isn't visible in any of the CPU buffers we
-        // test in isDrained().
+        // test in isCpuDrained().
         for (int i = 0; i < timeBuffer.getSize(); ++i) {
             timeBuffer.advance();
             fetchQueue.advance();
@@ -1066,7 +1066,7 @@
 bool
 FullO3CPU<Impl>::tryDrain()
 {
-    if (drainState() != DrainState::Draining || !isDrained())
+    if (drainState() != DrainState::Draining || !isCpuDrained())
         return false;
 
     if (tickEvent.scheduled())
@@ -1082,7 +1082,7 @@
 void
 FullO3CPU<Impl>::drainSanityCheck() const
 {
-    assert(isDrained());
+    assert(isCpuDrained());
     fetch.drainSanityCheck();
     decode.drainSanityCheck();
     rename.drainSanityCheck();
@@ -1092,7 +1092,7 @@
 
 template <class Impl>
 bool
-FullO3CPU<Impl>::isDrained() const
+FullO3CPU<Impl>::isCpuDrained() const
 {
     bool drained(true);
 
diff --git a/src/cpu/o3/cpu.hh b/src/cpu/o3/cpu.hh
index db8fca2..68ad95b 100644
--- a/src/cpu/o3/cpu.hh
+++ b/src/cpu/o3/cpu.hh
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@
     void drainSanityCheck() const;
 
     /** Check if a system is in a drained state. */
-    bool isDrained() const;
+    bool isCpuDrained() const;
 
   public:
     /** Constructs a CPU with the given parameters. */
diff --git a/src/cpu/simple/atomic.cc b/src/cpu/simple/atomic.cc
index 5fc1d69..aa2b641 100644
--- a/src/cpu/simple/atomic.cc
+++ b/src/cpu/simple/atomic.cc
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@
     if (switchedOut())
         return DrainState::Drained;
 
-    if (!isDrained()) {
+    if (!isCpuDrained()) {
         DPRINTF(Drain, "Requesting drain.\n");
         return DrainState::Draining;
     } else {
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@
         return false;
 
     DPRINTF(Drain, "tryCompleteDrain.\n");
-    if (!isDrained())
+    if (!isCpuDrained())
         return false;
 
     DPRINTF(Drain, "CPU done draining, processing drain event\n");
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@
 
     assert(!tickEvent.scheduled());
     assert(_status == BaseSimpleCPU::Running || _status == Idle);
-    assert(isDrained());
+    assert(isCpuDrained());
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/cpu/simple/atomic.hh b/src/cpu/simple/atomic.hh
index 1003069..ba52bc9 100644
--- a/src/cpu/simple/atomic.hh
+++ b/src/cpu/simple/atomic.hh
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
      * <li>Stay at PC is true.
      * </ul>
      */
-    bool isDrained() {
+    bool isCpuDrained() const {
         SimpleExecContext &t_info = *threadInfo[curThread];
 
         return t_info.thread->microPC() == 0 &&
diff --git a/src/cpu/simple/timing.cc b/src/cpu/simple/timing.cc
index 4542590..4aa008e 100644
--- a/src/cpu/simple/timing.cc
+++ b/src/cpu/simple/timing.cc
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@
         return DrainState::Drained;
 
     if (_status == Idle ||
-        (_status == BaseSimpleCPU::Running && isDrained())) {
+        (_status == BaseSimpleCPU::Running && isCpuDrained())) {
         DPRINTF(Drain, "No need to drain.\n");
         activeThreads.clear();
         return DrainState::Drained;
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@
         return false;
 
     DPRINTF(Drain, "tryCompleteDrain.\n");
-    if (!isDrained())
+    if (!isCpuDrained())
         return false;
 
     DPRINTF(Drain, "CPU done draining, processing drain event\n");
diff --git a/src/cpu/simple/timing.hh b/src/cpu/simple/timing.hh
index a49822f..e423ae8 100644
--- a/src/cpu/simple/timing.hh
+++ b/src/cpu/simple/timing.hh
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@
      *     activated it can happen.
      * </ul>
      */
-    bool isDrained() {
+    bool isCpuDrained() const {
         SimpleExecContext& t_info = *threadInfo[curThread];
         SimpleThread* thread = t_info.thread;