diff --git a/src/platform/library/include/platform/lib/memory.h b/src/platform/library/include/platform/lib/memory.h
index c81d44d99..f64118c03 100644
--- a/src/platform/library/include/platform/lib/memory.h
+++ b/src/platform/library/include/platform/lib/memory.h
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ static inline uint32_t arch_get_stack_size(void)
 
 #define SRAM_BANK_SIZE	0x10000
 #define LP_SRAM_SIZE SRAM_BANK_SIZE
+/* use big enough HP_SRAM_SIZE to build all components for the test bench at once */
 #define HP_SRAM_SIZE (SRAM_BANK_SIZE * 47)
 
 #define HP_SRAM_BASE	0xBE000000