diff --git a/src/serialize.h b/src/serialize.h
index c55775242..0a31ff557 100644
--- a/src/serialize.h
+++ b/src/serialize.h
@@ -63,10 +63,13 @@ static const int VERSION = 32500;
 static const char* pszSubVer = "";
 static const bool VERSION_IS_BETA = true;
 
-
-
-
-
+// Used to bypass the rule against non-const reference to temporary
+// where it makes sense with wrappers such as CFlatData or CTxDB
+template<typename T>
+inline T& REF(const T& val)
+{
+    return const_cast<T&>(val);
+}
 
 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 //
diff --git a/src/util.h b/src/util.h
index 1e4ceb246..3d7ef108b 100644
--- a/src/util.h
+++ b/src/util.h
@@ -67,14 +67,6 @@ typedef unsigned long long  uint64;
 // This is needed because the foreach macro can't get over the comma in pair<t1, t2>
 #define PAIRTYPE(t1, t2)    pair<t1, t2>
 
-// Used to bypass the rule against non-const reference to temporary
-// where it makes sense with wrappers such as CFlatData or CTxDB
-template<typename T>
-inline T& REF(const T& val)
-{
-    return (T&)val;
-}
-
 // Align by increasing pointer, must have extra space at end of buffer
 template <size_t nBytes, typename T>
 T* alignup(T* p)