diff --git a/src/drivers/imx/ipc.c b/src/drivers/imx/ipc.c
index 12c1b02ee..a9cd681ba 100644
--- a/src/drivers/imx/ipc.c
+++ b/src/drivers/imx/ipc.c
@@ -33,6 +33,16 @@
 
 LOG_MODULE_REGISTER(ipc_task, CONFIG_SOF_LOG_LEVEL);
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_ARM64
+/* thanks to the fact that ARM's GIC is supported
+ * by Zephyr there's no need to clear interrupts
+ * explicitly. This should already be done by Zephyr
+ * after executing the ISR. This macro is used for
+ * linkage purposes on ARM64-based platforms.
+ */
+#define interrupt_clear(irq)
+#endif /* CONFIG_ARM64 */
+
 /* 389c9186-5a7d-4ad1-a02c-a02ecdadfb33 */
 DECLARE_SOF_UUID("ipc-task", ipc_task_uuid, 0x389c9186, 0x5a7d, 0x4ad1,
 		 0xa0, 0x2c, 0xa0, 0x2e, 0xcd, 0xad, 0xfb, 0x33);