diff --git a/src/mem/cache/tags/base_set_assoc.cc b/src/mem/cache/tags/base_set_assoc.cc
index cf647ac4d7..c39822929c 100644
--- a/src/mem/cache/tags/base_set_assoc.cc
+++ b/src/mem/cache/tags/base_set_assoc.cc
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ BaseSetAssoc::BaseSetAssoc(const Params *p)
     for (unsigned i = 0; i < numSets; ++i) {
         sets[i].assoc = assoc;
 
-        sets[i].blks = new BlkType*[assoc];
+        sets[i].blks.resize(assoc);
 
         // link in the data blocks
         for (unsigned j = 0; j < assoc; ++j) {
diff --git a/src/mem/cache/tags/cacheset.hh b/src/mem/cache/tags/cacheset.hh
index 69109d10c7..5a3445659f 100644
--- a/src/mem/cache/tags/cacheset.hh
+++ b/src/mem/cache/tags/cacheset.hh
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ class CacheSet
     int assoc;
 
     /** Cache blocks in this set, maintained in LRU order 0 = MRU. */
-    Blktype **blks;
+    std::vector<Blktype*> blks;
 
     /**
      * Find a block matching the tag in this set.