diff --git a/plat/imx/common/sci/ipc.c b/plat/imx/common/sci/ipc.c
index 6491ca5..5769119 100644
--- a/plat/imx/common/sci/ipc.c
+++ b/plat/imx/common/sci/ipc.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2015-2018, ARM Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2015-2019, ARM Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
  */
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
 #include <sci/sci_rpc.h>
 #include "imx8_mu.h"
 
+sc_ipc_t ipc_handle;
+
 DEFINE_BAKERY_LOCK(sc_ipc_bakery_lock);
 #define sc_ipc_lock_init()	bakery_lock_init(&sc_ipc_bakery_lock)
 #define sc_ipc_lock()		bakery_lock_get(&sc_ipc_bakery_lock)