diff --git a/src/mem/cache/tags/base.hh b/src/mem/cache/tags/base.hh
index 0a9f16bd33..88d08ca8f0 100644
--- a/src/mem/cache/tags/base.hh
+++ b/src/mem/cache/tags/base.hh
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ class BaseTags : public ClockedObject
      */
     virtual CacheBlk* findVictim(Addr addr, const bool is_secure,
                                  const std::size_t size,
-                                 std::vector<CacheBlk*>& evict_blks) const = 0;
+                                 std::vector<CacheBlk*>& evict_blks) = 0;
 
     /**
      * Access block and update replacement data. May not succeed, in which case
diff --git a/src/mem/cache/tags/base_set_assoc.hh b/src/mem/cache/tags/base_set_assoc.hh
index efb08caa6e..094999404e 100644
--- a/src/mem/cache/tags/base_set_assoc.hh
+++ b/src/mem/cache/tags/base_set_assoc.hh
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ class BaseSetAssoc : public BaseTags
      */
     CacheBlk* findVictim(Addr addr, const bool is_secure,
                          const std::size_t size,
-                         std::vector<CacheBlk*>& evict_blks) const override
+                         std::vector<CacheBlk*>& evict_blks) override
     {
         // Get possible entries to be victimized
         const std::vector<ReplaceableEntry*> entries =
diff --git a/src/mem/cache/tags/compressed_tags.cc b/src/mem/cache/tags/compressed_tags.cc
index 1394be8554..1871a7ad60 100644
--- a/src/mem/cache/tags/compressed_tags.cc
+++ b/src/mem/cache/tags/compressed_tags.cc
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ CompressedTags::tagsInit()
 CacheBlk*
 CompressedTags::findVictim(Addr addr, const bool is_secure,
                            const std::size_t compressed_size,
-                           std::vector<CacheBlk*>& evict_blks) const
+                           std::vector<CacheBlk*>& evict_blks)
 {
     // Get all possible locations of this superblock
     const std::vector<ReplaceableEntry*> superblock_entries =
diff --git a/src/mem/cache/tags/compressed_tags.hh b/src/mem/cache/tags/compressed_tags.hh
index 2c2a69987b..cce76fc7be 100644
--- a/src/mem/cache/tags/compressed_tags.hh
+++ b/src/mem/cache/tags/compressed_tags.hh
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ class CompressedTags : public SectorTags
      */
     CacheBlk* findVictim(Addr addr, const bool is_secure,
                          const std::size_t compressed_size,
-                         std::vector<CacheBlk*>& evict_blks) const override;
+                         std::vector<CacheBlk*>& evict_blks) override;
 
     /**
      * Insert the new block into the cache and update replacement data.
diff --git a/src/mem/cache/tags/fa_lru.cc b/src/mem/cache/tags/fa_lru.cc
index 5738dcb507..2b3ef1b5cb 100644
--- a/src/mem/cache/tags/fa_lru.cc
+++ b/src/mem/cache/tags/fa_lru.cc
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ FALRU::findBlockBySetAndWay(int set, int way) const
 
 CacheBlk*
 FALRU::findVictim(Addr addr, const bool is_secure, const std::size_t size,
-                  std::vector<CacheBlk*>& evict_blks) const
+                  std::vector<CacheBlk*>& evict_blks)
 {
     // The victim is always stored on the tail for the FALRU
     FALRUBlk* victim = tail;
diff --git a/src/mem/cache/tags/fa_lru.hh b/src/mem/cache/tags/fa_lru.hh
index 2ca9f4da4c..199a82f5fb 100644
--- a/src/mem/cache/tags/fa_lru.hh
+++ b/src/mem/cache/tags/fa_lru.hh
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ class FALRU : public BaseTags
      */
     CacheBlk* findVictim(Addr addr, const bool is_secure,
                          const std::size_t size,
-                         std::vector<CacheBlk*>& evict_blks) const override;
+                         std::vector<CacheBlk*>& evict_blks) override;
 
     /**
      * Insert the new block into the cache and update replacement data.
diff --git a/src/mem/cache/tags/sector_tags.cc b/src/mem/cache/tags/sector_tags.cc
index 77fb53cdab..610cba8ce9 100644
--- a/src/mem/cache/tags/sector_tags.cc
+++ b/src/mem/cache/tags/sector_tags.cc
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ SectorTags::findBlock(Addr addr, bool is_secure) const
 
 CacheBlk*
 SectorTags::findVictim(Addr addr, const bool is_secure, const std::size_t size,
-                       std::vector<CacheBlk*>& evict_blks) const
+                       std::vector<CacheBlk*>& evict_blks)
 {
     // Get possible entries to be victimized
     const std::vector<ReplaceableEntry*> sector_entries =
diff --git a/src/mem/cache/tags/sector_tags.hh b/src/mem/cache/tags/sector_tags.hh
index 13638b4a5e..905a87aaf2 100644
--- a/src/mem/cache/tags/sector_tags.hh
+++ b/src/mem/cache/tags/sector_tags.hh
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ class SectorTags : public BaseTags
      */
     CacheBlk* findVictim(Addr addr, const bool is_secure,
                          const std::size_t size,
-                         std::vector<CacheBlk*>& evict_blks) const override;
+                         std::vector<CacheBlk*>& evict_blks) override;
 
     /**
      * Calculate a block's offset in a sector from the address.