diff --git a/src/mem/cache/base.cc b/src/mem/cache/base.cc
index a7c2106974..8f7a8922d4 100644
--- a/src/mem/cache/base.cc
+++ b/src/mem/cache/base.cc
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ BaseCache::BaseCache(const BaseCacheParams *p, unsigned blk_size)
 
     tempBlock = new TempCacheBlk(blkSize);
 
-    tags->init(this);
+    tags->tagsInit(this);
     if (prefetcher)
         prefetcher->setCache(this);
 }
diff --git a/src/mem/cache/tags/base.hh b/src/mem/cache/tags/base.hh
index 257b1bd29b..a7a35ffbba 100644
--- a/src/mem/cache/tags/base.hh
+++ b/src/mem/cache/tags/base.hh
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ class BaseTags : public ClockedObject
      *
      * @param _cache Pointer to parent cache.
      */
-    virtual void init(BaseCache *_cache) = 0;
+    virtual void tagsInit(BaseCache *_cache) = 0;
 
     /**
      * Register local statistics.
diff --git a/src/mem/cache/tags/base_set_assoc.cc b/src/mem/cache/tags/base_set_assoc.cc
index 74fb247a63..b3b773106e 100644
--- a/src/mem/cache/tags/base_set_assoc.cc
+++ b/src/mem/cache/tags/base_set_assoc.cc
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ BaseSetAssoc::BaseSetAssoc(const Params *p)
 }
 
 void
-BaseSetAssoc::init(BaseCache* cache)
+BaseSetAssoc::tagsInit(BaseCache* cache)
 {
     // Set parent cache
     setCache(cache);
diff --git a/src/mem/cache/tags/base_set_assoc.hh b/src/mem/cache/tags/base_set_assoc.hh
index 70e9071197..58aceb0878 100644
--- a/src/mem/cache/tags/base_set_assoc.hh
+++ b/src/mem/cache/tags/base_set_assoc.hh
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ class BaseSetAssoc : public BaseTags
      *
      * @param _cache Pointer to parent cache.
      */
-    void init(BaseCache *_cache) override;
+    void tagsInit(BaseCache *_cache) override;
 
     /**
      * This function updates the tags when a block is invalidated. It also
diff --git a/src/mem/cache/tags/fa_lru.cc b/src/mem/cache/tags/fa_lru.cc
index 01f0aa256e..2c92a940fe 100644
--- a/src/mem/cache/tags/fa_lru.cc
+++ b/src/mem/cache/tags/fa_lru.cc
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ FALRU::~FALRU()
 }
 
 void
-FALRU::init(BaseCache* cache)
+FALRU::tagsInit(BaseCache* cache)
 {
     // Set parent cache
     setCache(cache);
diff --git a/src/mem/cache/tags/fa_lru.hh b/src/mem/cache/tags/fa_lru.hh
index 15043995f7..6ea4c8d6a3 100644
--- a/src/mem/cache/tags/fa_lru.hh
+++ b/src/mem/cache/tags/fa_lru.hh
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ class FALRU : public BaseTags
      *
      * @param _cache Pointer to parent cache.
      */
-    void init(BaseCache *_cache) override;
+    void tagsInit(BaseCache *_cache) override;
 
     /**
      * Register the stats for this object.
diff --git a/src/mem/cache/tags/sector_tags.cc b/src/mem/cache/tags/sector_tags.cc
index 8c87074ec9..24751c97dc 100644
--- a/src/mem/cache/tags/sector_tags.cc
+++ b/src/mem/cache/tags/sector_tags.cc
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ SectorTags::SectorTags(const SectorTagsParams *p)
 }
 
 void
-SectorTags::init(BaseCache* cache)
+SectorTags::tagsInit(BaseCache* cache)
 {
     // Set parent cache
     setCache(cache);
diff --git a/src/mem/cache/tags/sector_tags.hh b/src/mem/cache/tags/sector_tags.hh
index 40df7829db..1149ba1e07 100644
--- a/src/mem/cache/tags/sector_tags.hh
+++ b/src/mem/cache/tags/sector_tags.hh
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ class SectorTags : public BaseTags
      *
      * @param _cache Pointer to parent cache.
      */
-    void init(BaseCache *_cache) override;
+    void tagsInit(BaseCache *_cache) override;
 
     /**
      * This function updates the tags when a block is invalidated but does