diff --git a/src/mem/coherent_xbar.cc b/src/mem/coherent_xbar.cc
index 3e994dd..96e855f 100644
--- a/src/mem/coherent_xbar.cc
+++ b/src/mem/coherent_xbar.cc
@@ -721,7 +721,8 @@
 }
 
 Tick
-CoherentXBar::recvAtomic(PacketPtr pkt, PortID slave_port_id)
+CoherentXBar::recvAtomicBackdoor(PacketPtr pkt, PortID slave_port_id,
+                                 MemBackdoorPtr *backdoor)
 {
     DPRINTF(CoherentXBar, "%s: src %s packet %s\n", __func__,
             slavePorts[slave_port_id]->name(), pkt->print());
@@ -800,7 +801,10 @@
             }
 
             // forward the request to the appropriate destination
-            response_latency = masterPorts[master_port_id]->sendAtomic(pkt);
+            auto master = masterPorts[master_port_id];
+            response_latency = backdoor ?
+                master->sendAtomicBackdoor(pkt, *backdoor) :
+                master->sendAtomic(pkt);
         } else {
             // if it does not need a response we sink the packet above
             assert(pkt->needsResponse());
diff --git a/src/mem/coherent_xbar.hh b/src/mem/coherent_xbar.hh
index 2bb5db2..ff28cb7 100644
--- a/src/mem/coherent_xbar.hh
+++ b/src/mem/coherent_xbar.hh
@@ -123,7 +123,13 @@
         Tick
         recvAtomic(PacketPtr pkt) override
         {
-            return xbar.recvAtomic(pkt, id);
+            return xbar.recvAtomicBackdoor(pkt, id);
+        }
+
+        Tick
+        recvAtomicBackdoor(PacketPtr pkt, MemBackdoorPtr &backdoor) override
+        {
+            return xbar.recvAtomicBackdoor(pkt, id, &backdoor);
         }
 
         void
@@ -314,7 +320,8 @@
     void forwardTiming(PacketPtr pkt, PortID exclude_slave_port_id,
                        const std::vector<QueuedSlavePort*>& dests);
 
-    Tick recvAtomic(PacketPtr pkt, PortID slave_port_id);
+    Tick recvAtomicBackdoor(PacketPtr pkt, PortID slave_port_id,
+                            MemBackdoorPtr *backdoor=nullptr);
     Tick recvAtomicSnoop(PacketPtr pkt, PortID master_port_id);
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/mem/noncoherent_xbar.cc b/src/mem/noncoherent_xbar.cc
index b0fe205..a7b6b0f 100644
--- a/src/mem/noncoherent_xbar.cc
+++ b/src/mem/noncoherent_xbar.cc
@@ -244,7 +244,8 @@
 }
 
 Tick
-NoncoherentXBar::recvAtomic(PacketPtr pkt, PortID slave_port_id)
+NoncoherentXBar::recvAtomicBackdoor(PacketPtr pkt, PortID slave_port_id,
+                                    MemBackdoorPtr *backdoor)
 {
     DPRINTF(NoncoherentXBar, "recvAtomic: packet src %s addr 0x%x cmd %s\n",
             slavePorts[slave_port_id]->name(), pkt->getAddr(),
@@ -263,7 +264,9 @@
     transDist[pkt_cmd]++;
 
     // forward the request to the appropriate destination
-    Tick response_latency = masterPorts[master_port_id]->sendAtomic(pkt);
+    auto master = masterPorts[master_port_id];
+    Tick response_latency = backdoor ?
+        master->sendAtomicBackdoor(pkt, *backdoor) : master->sendAtomic(pkt);
 
     // add the response data
     if (pkt->isResponse()) {
diff --git a/src/mem/noncoherent_xbar.hh b/src/mem/noncoherent_xbar.hh
index 9d4efbe..4f72cef 100644
--- a/src/mem/noncoherent_xbar.hh
+++ b/src/mem/noncoherent_xbar.hh
@@ -113,7 +113,13 @@
         Tick
         recvAtomic(PacketPtr pkt) override
         {
-            return xbar.recvAtomic(pkt, id);
+            return xbar.recvAtomicBackdoor(pkt, id);
+        }
+
+        Tick
+        recvAtomicBackdoor(PacketPtr pkt, MemBackdoorPtr &backdoor) override
+        {
+            return xbar.recvAtomicBackdoor(pkt, id, &backdoor);
         }
 
         void
@@ -172,7 +178,8 @@
     virtual bool recvTimingReq(PacketPtr pkt, PortID slave_port_id);
     virtual bool recvTimingResp(PacketPtr pkt, PortID master_port_id);
     void recvReqRetry(PortID master_port_id);
-    Tick recvAtomic(PacketPtr pkt, PortID slave_port_id);
+    Tick recvAtomicBackdoor(PacketPtr pkt, PortID slave_port_id,
+                            MemBackdoorPtr *backdoor=nullptr);
     void recvFunctional(PacketPtr pkt, PortID slave_port_id);
 
   public: