diff --git a/src/mem/ruby/slicc_interface/AbstractCacheEntry.hh b/src/mem/ruby/slicc_interface/AbstractCacheEntry.hh
index aa37cc52fa..48e3b9daa1 100644
--- a/src/mem/ruby/slicc_interface/AbstractCacheEntry.hh
+++ b/src/mem/ruby/slicc_interface/AbstractCacheEntry.hh
@@ -50,10 +50,9 @@
 #include "base/logging.hh"
 #include "mem/cache/replacement_policies/replaceable_entry.hh"
 #include "mem/ruby/common/Address.hh"
+#include "mem/ruby/common/DataBlock.hh"
 #include "mem/ruby/protocol/AccessPermission.hh"
 
-class DataBlock;
-
 class AbstractCacheEntry : public ReplaceableEntry
 {
   private:
@@ -73,8 +72,15 @@ class AbstractCacheEntry : public ReplaceableEntry
 
     // The methods below are those called by ruby runtime, add when it
     // is absolutely necessary and should all be virtual function.
-    virtual DataBlock& getDataBlk()
-    { panic("getDataBlk() not implemented!"); }
+    virtual DataBlock&
+    getDataBlk()
+    {
+        panic("getDataBlk() not implemented!");
+
+        // Dummy return to appease the compiler
+        static DataBlock b;
+        return b;
+    }
 
     int validBlocks;
     virtual int& getNumValidBlocks()
diff --git a/src/mem/slicc/symbols/Type.py b/src/mem/slicc/symbols/Type.py
index 7ac77ac07d..a1ca20012d 100644
--- a/src/mem/slicc/symbols/Type.py
+++ b/src/mem/slicc/symbols/Type.py
@@ -586,6 +586,8 @@ AccessPermission ${{self.c_ident}}_to_permission(const ${{self.c_ident}}& obj)
       default:
         panic("Unknown state access permission converstion for ${{self.c_ident}}");
     }
+    // Appease the compiler since this function has a return value
+    return AccessPermission_Invalid;
 }
 
 ''')
@@ -626,6 +628,8 @@ ${{self.c_ident}}_to_string(const ${{self.c_ident}}& obj)
       default:
         panic("Invalid range for type ${{self.c_ident}}");
     }
+    // Appease the compiler since this function has a return value
+    return "";
 }
 
 // Code to convert from a string to the enumeration
@@ -689,6 +693,8 @@ ${{self.c_ident}}_base_level(const ${{self.c_ident}}& obj)
       default:
         panic("Invalid range for type ${{self.c_ident}}");
     }
+    // Appease the compiler since this function has a return value
+    return -1;
 }
 
 /** \\brief returns the machine type for each base vector index used by NetDest
@@ -772,6 +778,8 @@ ${{self.c_ident}}_base_count(const ${{self.c_ident}}& obj)
       default:
         panic("Invalid range for type ${{self.c_ident}}");
     }
+    // Appease the compiler since this function has a return value
+    return -1;
 }
 ''')