diff --git a/plat/qemu/common/qemu_bl31_setup.c b/plat/qemu/common/qemu_bl31_setup.c
index 0b84e96..f309efd 100644
--- a/plat/qemu/common/qemu_bl31_setup.c
+++ b/plat/qemu/common/qemu_bl31_setup.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2015-2019, ARM Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2015-2023, ARM Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
  */
@@ -55,6 +55,11 @@
 	/* Initialize the console to provide early debug support */
 	qemu_console_init();
 
+/* Platform names have to be lowercase. */
+#ifdef PLAT_qemu_sbsa
+	sip_svc_init();
+#endif
+
 	/*
 	 * Check params passed from BL2
 	 */