diff --git a/vllm/core/block_manager.py b/vllm/core/block_manager.py
index 4ce87f6e5061b..f6251f667c65c 100644
--- a/vllm/core/block_manager.py
+++ b/vllm/core/block_manager.py
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@
 from vllm.utils import Device
 
 
+# Mapping: logical block number -> physical block.
+BlockTable = List[PhysicalTokenBlock]
+
+
 class BlockAllocator:
     """Manages free physical token blocks for a device.
 
@@ -26,7 +30,7 @@ def __init__(
         self.num_blocks = num_blocks
 
         # Initialize the free blocks.
-        self.free_blocks: List[PhysicalTokenBlock] = []
+        self.free_blocks: BlockTable = []
         for i in range(num_blocks):
             block = PhysicalTokenBlock(device=device,
                                        block_number=i,
@@ -51,10 +55,6 @@ def get_num_free_blocks(self) -> int:
         return len(self.free_blocks)
 
 
-# Mapping: logical block number -> physical block.
-BlockTable = List[PhysicalTokenBlock]
-
-
 class AllocStatus(enum.Enum):
     """Result for BlockSpaceManager.can_allocate