diff --git a/src/cpu/o3/issue_queue.hh b/src/cpu/o3/issue_queue.hh
index 997815e1d7..03ba3aaaca 100644
--- a/src/cpu/o3/issue_queue.hh
+++ b/src/cpu/o3/issue_queue.hh
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ class Scheduler : public SimObject
     CPU* cpu;
     MemDepUnit* memDepUnit;
     LSQ* lsq;
-    const int intel_fewops = 4;
+    const int intel_fewops = 8;
     bool old_disp = false;
     const int intRegfileBanks;