diff --git a/src/mem/cache/tags/base.cc b/src/mem/cache/tags/base.cc
index cf970c7dd..7796cd3e5 100644
--- a/src/mem/cache/tags/base.cc
+++ b/src/mem/cache/tags/base.cc
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2013 ARM Limited
+ * Copyright (c) 2013,2016 ARM Limited
  * All rights reserved.
  *
  * The license below extends only to copyright in the software and shall
@@ -55,7 +55,8 @@
 using namespace std;
 
 BaseTags::BaseTags(const Params *p)
-    : ClockedObject(p), blkSize(p->block_size), size(p->size),
+    : ClockedObject(p), blkSize(p->block_size), blkMask(blkSize - 1),
+      size(p->size),
       lookupLatency(p->tag_latency),
       accessLatency(p->sequential_access ?
                     p->tag_latency + p->data_latency :
diff --git a/src/mem/cache/tags/base.hh b/src/mem/cache/tags/base.hh
index dd5426172..4caf6de4e 100644
--- a/src/mem/cache/tags/base.hh
+++ b/src/mem/cache/tags/base.hh
@@ -67,6 +67,8 @@ class BaseTags : public ClockedObject
   protected:
     /** The block size of the cache. */
     const unsigned blkSize;
+    /** Mask out all bits that aren't part of the block offset. */
+    const Addr blkMask;
     /** The size of the cache. */
     const unsigned size;
     /** The tag lookup latency of the cache. */
@@ -186,6 +188,16 @@ class BaseTags : public ClockedObject
      */
     virtual CacheBlk * findBlock(Addr addr, bool is_secure) const = 0;
 
+    /**
+     * Align an address to the block size.
+     * @param addr the address to align.
+     * @return The block address.
+     */
+    Addr blkAlign(Addr addr) const
+    {
+        return addr & ~blkMask;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Calculate the block offset of an address.
      * @param addr the address to get the offset of.
@@ -193,7 +205,7 @@ class BaseTags : public ClockedObject
      */
     int extractBlkOffset(Addr addr) const
     {
-        return (addr & (Addr)(blkSize-1));
+        return (addr & blkMask);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/mem/cache/tags/base_set_assoc.cc b/src/mem/cache/tags/base_set_assoc.cc
index a96825975..ea74c97df 100644
--- a/src/mem/cache/tags/base_set_assoc.cc
+++ b/src/mem/cache/tags/base_set_assoc.cc
@@ -70,7 +70,6 @@ BaseSetAssoc::BaseSetAssoc(const Params *p)
         fatal("associativity must be greater than zero");
     }
 
-    blkMask = blkSize - 1;
     setShift = floorLog2(blkSize);
     setMask = numSets - 1;
     tagShift = setShift + floorLog2(numSets);
diff --git a/src/mem/cache/tags/base_set_assoc.hh b/src/mem/cache/tags/base_set_assoc.hh
index 8e3aab741..4049b8486 100644
--- a/src/mem/cache/tags/base_set_assoc.hh
+++ b/src/mem/cache/tags/base_set_assoc.hh
@@ -106,8 +106,6 @@ class BaseSetAssoc : public BaseTags
     int tagShift;
     /** Mask out all bits that aren't part of the set index. */
     unsigned setMask;
-    /** Mask out all bits that aren't part of the block offset. */
-    unsigned blkMask;
 
 public:
 
@@ -321,16 +319,6 @@ public:
         return ((addr >> setShift) & setMask);
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Align an address to the block size.
-     * @param addr the address to align.
-     * @return The block address.
-     */
-    Addr blkAlign(Addr addr) const
-    {
-        return (addr & ~(Addr)blkMask);
-    }
-
     /**
      * Regenerate the block address from the tag.
      * @param tag The tag of the block.
diff --git a/src/mem/cache/tags/fa_lru.hh b/src/mem/cache/tags/fa_lru.hh
index 26de1ede2..a266fb516 100644
--- a/src/mem/cache/tags/fa_lru.hh
+++ b/src/mem/cache/tags/fa_lru.hh
@@ -220,16 +220,6 @@ public:
      */
     CacheBlk* findBlockBySetAndWay(int set, int way) const override;
 
-    /**
-     * Align an address to the block size.
-     * @param addr the address to align.
-     * @return The aligned address.
-     */
-    Addr blkAlign(Addr addr) const
-    {
-        return (addr & ~(Addr)(blkSize-1));
-    }
-
     /**
      * Generate the tag from the addres. For fully associative this is just the
      * block address.