diff --git a/plat/hisilicon/poplar/bl1_plat_setup.c b/plat/hisilicon/poplar/bl1_plat_setup.c
index 047ba62..acc1f0e 100644
--- a/plat/hisilicon/poplar/bl1_plat_setup.c
+++ b/plat/hisilicon/poplar/bl1_plat_setup.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2017-2018, ARM Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2017-2021, ARM Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
  */
@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@
 static meminfo_t bl2_tzram_layout;
 static console_t console;
 
+#if !POPLAR_RECOVERY
+static struct mmc_device_info mmc_info;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Cannot use default weak implementation in bl1_main.c because BL1 RW data is
  * not at the top of the secure memory.
@@ -90,7 +94,6 @@
 {
 	int i;
 #if !POPLAR_RECOVERY
-	struct mmc_device_info info;
 	dw_mmc_params_t params = EMMC_INIT_PARAMS(POPLAR_EMMC_DESC_BASE);
 #endif
 
@@ -103,8 +106,8 @@
 #if !POPLAR_RECOVERY
 	/* SoC-specific emmc register are initialized/configured by bootrom */
 	INFO("BL1: initializing emmc\n");
-	info.mmc_dev_type = MMC_IS_EMMC;
-	dw_mmc_init(&params, &info);
+	mmc_info.mmc_dev_type = MMC_IS_EMMC;
+	dw_mmc_init(&params, &mmc_info);
 #endif
 
 	plat_io_setup();
diff --git a/plat/hisilicon/poplar/bl2_plat_setup.c b/plat/hisilicon/poplar/bl2_plat_setup.c
index 482935c..ee46772 100644
--- a/plat/hisilicon/poplar/bl2_plat_setup.c
+++ b/plat/hisilicon/poplar/bl2_plat_setup.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2017, ARM Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2017-2021, ARM Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
  */
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@
 
 static meminfo_t bl2_tzram_layout __aligned(CACHE_WRITEBACK_GRANULE);
 static console_t console;
+#if !POPLAR_RECOVERY
+static struct mmc_device_info mmc_info;
+#endif
 
 /*******************************************************************************
  * Transfer SCP_BL2 from Trusted RAM using the SCP Download protocol.
@@ -171,8 +174,6 @@
 {
 	struct meminfo *mem_layout = (struct meminfo *)arg1;
 #if !POPLAR_RECOVERY
-	struct mmc_device_info info;
-
 	dw_mmc_params_t params = EMMC_INIT_PARAMS(POPLAR_EMMC_DESC_BASE);
 #endif
 
@@ -187,8 +188,8 @@
 #if !POPLAR_RECOVERY
 	/* SoC-specific emmc register are initialized/configured by bootrom */
 	INFO("BL2: initializing emmc\n");
-	info.mmc_dev_type = MMC_IS_EMMC;
-	dw_mmc_init(&params, &info);
+	mmc_info.mmc_dev_type = MMC_IS_EMMC;
+	dw_mmc_init(&params, &mmc_info);
 #endif
 
 	plat_io_setup();