diff --git a/rocket/src/main/scala/consts.scala b/rocket/src/main/scala/consts.scala
index 32cefbe7..ce243922 100644
--- a/rocket/src/main/scala/consts.scala
+++ b/rocket/src/main/scala/consts.scala
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ object Constants
 
   val MAX_THREADS = hwacha.Constants.NUM_PVFB * hwacha.Constants.WIDTH_PVFB / hwacha.Constants.SZ_BANK
 
+  val HTIF_WIDTH = 8
   val MEM_BACKUP_WIDTH = 16
 
   val BR_X    = Bits("b????", 4)
diff --git a/rocket/src/main/scala/top.scala b/rocket/src/main/scala/top.scala
index d255ed5a..754f94c7 100644
--- a/rocket/src/main/scala/top.scala
+++ b/rocket/src/main/scala/top.scala
@@ -89,7 +89,6 @@ class Uncore(htif_width: Int, ntiles: Int, co: CoherencePolicyWithUncached) exte
 
 class Top extends Component
 {
-  val htif_width = 8
   val co =  if(ENABLE_SHARING) {
               if(ENABLE_CLEAN_EXCLUSIVE) new MESICoherence
               else new MSICoherence
@@ -97,9 +96,9 @@ class Top extends Component
               if(ENABLE_CLEAN_EXCLUSIVE) new MEICoherence
               else new MICoherence
             }
-  val io = new ioTop(htif_width)
+  val io = new ioTop(HTIF_WIDTH)
 
-  val uncore = new Uncore(htif_width, NTILES, co)
+  val uncore = new Uncore(HTIF_WIDTH, NTILES, co)
   uncore.io <> io
 
   var error_mode = Bool(false)