diff --git a/src/mem/cache/cache.cc b/src/mem/cache/cache.cc
index e23c4ef..89e40f3 100644
--- a/src/mem/cache/cache.cc
+++ b/src/mem/cache/cache.cc
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2010-2018 ARM Limited
+ * Copyright (c) 2010-2019 ARM Limited
  * All rights reserved.
  *
  * The license below extends only to copyright in the software and shall
@@ -786,6 +786,11 @@
 
                     tgt_pkt->setData(pkt->getConstPtr<uint8_t>());
                 }
+
+                // this response did not allocate here and therefore
+                // it was not consumed, make sure that any flags are
+                // carried over to cache above
+                tgt_pkt->copyResponderFlags(pkt);
             }
             tgt_pkt->makeTimingResponse();
             // if this packet is an error copy that to the new packet
@@ -965,7 +970,6 @@
         // first propagate snoop upward to see if anyone above us wants to
         // handle it.  save & restore packet src since it will get
         // rewritten to be relative to cpu-side bus (if any)
-        bool alreadyResponded = pkt->cacheResponding();
         if (is_timing) {
             // copy the packet so that we can clear any flags before
             // forwarding it upwards, we also allocate data (passing
@@ -983,16 +987,6 @@
             // cache
             snoop_delay += snoopPkt.headerDelay;
 
-            if (snoopPkt.cacheResponding()) {
-                // cache-to-cache response from some upper cache
-                assert(!alreadyResponded);
-                pkt->setCacheResponding();
-            }
-            // upstream cache has the block, or has an outstanding
-            // MSHR, pass the flag on
-            if (snoopPkt.hasSharers()) {
-                pkt->setHasSharers();
-            }
             // If this request is a prefetch or clean evict and an upper level
             // signals block present, make sure to propagate the block
             // presence to the requester.
@@ -1004,9 +998,14 @@
             if (snoopPkt.satisfied()) {
                 pkt->setSatisfied();
             }
+
+            // Copy over flags from the snoop response to make sure we
+            // inform the final destination
+            pkt->copyResponderFlags(&snoopPkt);
         } else {
+            bool already_responded = pkt->cacheResponding();
             cpuSidePort.sendAtomicSnoop(pkt);
-            if (!alreadyResponded && pkt->cacheResponding()) {
+            if (!already_responded && pkt->cacheResponding()) {
                 // cache-to-cache response from some upper cache:
                 // forward response to original requester
                 assert(pkt->isResponse());
diff --git a/src/mem/packet.cc b/src/mem/packet.cc
index 4369e16..e1c760c 100644
--- a/src/mem/packet.cc
+++ b/src/mem/packet.cc
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2011-2018 ARM Limited
+ * Copyright (c) 2011-2019 ARM Limited
  * All rights reserved
  *
  * The license below extends only to copyright in the software and shall
@@ -303,6 +303,16 @@
 }
 
 void
+Packet::copyResponderFlags(const PacketPtr pkt)
+{
+    assert(isRequest());
+    // If we have already found a responder, no other cache should
+    // commit to responding
+    assert(!pkt->cacheResponding() || !cacheResponding());
+    flags.set(pkt->flags & RESPONDER_FLAGS);
+}
+
+void
 Packet::pushSenderState(Packet::SenderState *sender_state)
 {
     assert(sender_state != NULL);
diff --git a/src/mem/packet.hh b/src/mem/packet.hh
index c59db36..2bcbf4d 100644
--- a/src/mem/packet.hh
+++ b/src/mem/packet.hh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2012-2018 ARM Limited
+ * Copyright (c) 2012-2019 ARM Limited
  * All rights reserved
  *
  * The license below extends only to copyright in the software and shall
@@ -265,6 +265,9 @@
         // Flags to transfer across when copying a packet
         COPY_FLAGS             = 0x0000003F,
 
+        // Flags that are used to create reponse packets
+        RESPONDER_FLAGS        = 0x00000009,
+
         // Does this packet have sharers (which means it should not be
         // considered writable) or not. See setHasSharers below.
         HAS_SHARERS            = 0x00000001,
@@ -650,6 +653,15 @@
     { return flags.isSet(RESPONDER_HAD_WRITABLE); }
 
     /**
+     * Copy the reponse flags from an input packet to this packet. The
+     * reponse flags determine whether a responder has been found and
+     * the state at which the block will be at the destination.
+     *
+     * @pkt The packet that we will copy flags from
+     */
+    void copyResponderFlags(const PacketPtr pkt);
+
+    /**
      * A writeback/writeclean cmd gets propagated further downstream
      * by the receiver when the flag is set.
      */