diff --git a/src/mem/cache/cache.hh b/src/mem/cache/cache.hh
index faa317917e..729e1f32cc 100644
--- a/src/mem/cache/cache.hh
+++ b/src/mem/cache/cache.hh
@@ -411,6 +411,9 @@ class Cache : public BaseCache
     /** Instantiates a basic cache object. */
     Cache(const Params *p);
 
+    /** Non-default destructor is needed to deallocate memory. */
+    virtual ~Cache();
+
     void regStats();
 
     /** serialize the state of the caches
diff --git a/src/mem/cache/cache_impl.hh b/src/mem/cache/cache_impl.hh
index 90020c2958..b4ace5f6cc 100644
--- a/src/mem/cache/cache_impl.hh
+++ b/src/mem/cache/cache_impl.hh
@@ -83,6 +83,16 @@ Cache<TagStore>::Cache(const Params *p)
         prefetcher->setCache(this);
 }
 
+template<class TagStore>
+Cache<TagStore>::~Cache()
+{
+    delete [] tempBlock->data;
+    delete tempBlock;
+
+    delete cpuSidePort;
+    delete memSidePort;
+}
+
 template<class TagStore>
 void
 Cache<TagStore>::regStats()