diff --git a/sound/soc/sof/ops.h b/sound/soc/sof/ops.h
index 793c1aea0c53b..c820606f19a17 100644
--- a/sound/soc/sof/ops.h
+++ b/sound/soc/sof/ops.h
@@ -119,6 +119,15 @@ static inline int snd_sof_dsp_get_bar_index(struct snd_sof_dev *sdev, u32 type)
 	return sdev->mmio_bar;
 }
 
+static inline int snd_sof_dsp_get_mailbox_offset(struct snd_sof_dev *sdev)
+{
+	if (sof_ops(sdev)->get_mailbox_offset)
+		return sof_ops(sdev)->get_mailbox_offset(sdev);
+
+	dev_err(sdev->dev, "error: %s not defined\n", __func__);
+	return -ENOTSUPP;
+}
+
 /* power management */
 static inline int snd_sof_dsp_resume(struct snd_sof_dev *sdev)
 {
diff --git a/sound/soc/sof/sof-priv.h b/sound/soc/sof/sof-priv.h
index 1cec3f23f9cd8..3aefb8ec3ef95 100644
--- a/sound/soc/sof/sof-priv.h
+++ b/sound/soc/sof/sof-priv.h
@@ -198,6 +198,8 @@ struct snd_sof_dsp_ops {
 	/* misc */
 	int (*get_bar_index)(struct snd_sof_dev *sdev,
 			     u32 type); /* optional */
+	int (*get_mailbox_offset)(struct snd_sof_dev *sdev);/* mandatory for common loader code */
+
 	/* DAI ops */
 	struct snd_soc_dai_driver *drv;
 	int num_drv;