diff --git a/src/mem/ruby/slicc_interface/AbstractController.cc b/src/mem/ruby/slicc_interface/AbstractController.cc
index de7e03d..101a4ce 100644
--- a/src/mem/ruby/slicc_interface/AbstractController.cc
+++ b/src/mem/ruby/slicc_interface/AbstractController.cc
@@ -268,10 +268,8 @@
         addr, RubySystem::getBlockSizeBytes(), 0, m_masterId);
 
     PacketPtr pkt = Packet::createWrite(req);
-    uint8_t *newData = new uint8_t[RubySystem::getBlockSizeBytes()];
-    pkt->dataDynamic(newData);
-    memcpy(newData, block.getData(0, RubySystem::getBlockSizeBytes()),
-           RubySystem::getBlockSizeBytes());
+    pkt->allocate();
+    pkt->setData(block.getData(0, RubySystem::getBlockSizeBytes()));
 
     SenderState *s = new SenderState(id);
     pkt->pushSenderState(s);
@@ -295,9 +293,8 @@
     RequestPtr req = std::make_shared<Request>(addr, size, 0, m_masterId);
 
     PacketPtr pkt = Packet::createWrite(req);
-    uint8_t *newData = new uint8_t[size];
-    pkt->dataDynamic(newData);
-    memcpy(newData, block.getData(getOffset(addr), size), size);
+    pkt->allocate();
+    pkt->setData(block.getData(getOffset(addr), size));
 
     SenderState *s = new SenderState(id);
     pkt->pushSenderState(s);
diff --git a/src/mem/ruby/system/GPUCoalescer.cc b/src/mem/ruby/system/GPUCoalescer.cc
index e17bf63..8b8c956 100644
--- a/src/mem/ruby/system/GPUCoalescer.cc
+++ b/src/mem/ruby/system/GPUCoalescer.cc
@@ -640,10 +640,8 @@
                 (type == RubyRequestType_RMW_Read) ||
                 (type == RubyRequestType_Locked_RMW_Read) ||
                 (type == RubyRequestType_Load_Linked)) {
-                memcpy(pkt->getPtr<uint8_t>(),
-                       data.getData(getOffset(request_address),
-                                    pkt->getSize()),
-                       pkt->getSize());
+                pkt->setData(
+                    data.getData(getOffset(request_address), pkt->getSize()));
             } else {
                 data.setData(pkt->getPtr<uint8_t>(),
                              getOffset(request_address), pkt->getSize());
@@ -1097,10 +1095,8 @@
         if (pkt->getPtr<uint8_t>() &&
             srequest->m_type != RubyRequestType_ATOMIC_NO_RETURN) {
             /* atomics are done in memory, and return the data *before* the atomic op... */
-            memcpy(pkt->getPtr<uint8_t>(),
-                   data.getData(getOffset(request_address),
-                                pkt->getSize()),
-                   pkt->getSize());
+            pkt->setData(
+                data.getData(getOffset(request_address), pkt->getSize()));
         } else {
             DPRINTF(MemoryAccess,
                     "WARNING.  Data not transfered from Ruby to M5 for type " \
diff --git a/src/mem/ruby/system/Sequencer.cc b/src/mem/ruby/system/Sequencer.cc
index f303697..41ec6ea 100644
--- a/src/mem/ruby/system/Sequencer.cc
+++ b/src/mem/ruby/system/Sequencer.cc
@@ -476,17 +476,14 @@
             (type == RubyRequestType_RMW_Read) ||
             (type == RubyRequestType_Locked_RMW_Read) ||
             (type == RubyRequestType_Load_Linked)) {
-            memcpy(pkt->getPtr<uint8_t>(),
-                   data.getData(getOffset(request_address), pkt->getSize()),
-                   pkt->getSize());
+            pkt->setData(
+                data.getData(getOffset(request_address), pkt->getSize()));
             DPRINTF(RubySequencer, "read data %s\n", data);
         } else if (pkt->req->isSwap()) {
             std::vector<uint8_t> overwrite_val(pkt->getSize());
-            memcpy(&overwrite_val[0], pkt->getConstPtr<uint8_t>(),
-                   pkt->getSize());
-            memcpy(pkt->getPtr<uint8_t>(),
-                   data.getData(getOffset(request_address), pkt->getSize()),
-                   pkt->getSize());
+            pkt->writeData(&overwrite_val[0]);
+            pkt->setData(
+                data.getData(getOffset(request_address), pkt->getSize()));
             data.setData(&overwrite_val[0],
                          getOffset(request_address), pkt->getSize());
             DPRINTF(RubySequencer, "swap data %s\n", data);