diff --git a/sound/soc/sof/imx/Kconfig b/sound/soc/sof/imx/Kconfig
index 23bfd79d09c3..48f998a19ddb 100644
--- a/sound/soc/sof/imx/Kconfig
+++ b/sound/soc/sof/imx/Kconfig
@@ -19,6 +19,12 @@ config SND_SOC_SOF_IMX_OF
 	  This option is not user-selectable but automagically handled by
 	  'select' statements at a higher level
 
+config SND_SOC_SOF_IMX_COMMON
+	tristate
+	help
+	  This option is not user-selectable but automagically handled by
+	  'select' statements at a higher level.
+
 config SND_SOC_SOF_IMX8_SUPPORT
 	bool "SOF support for i.MX8"
 	depends on IMX_SCU=y || IMX_SCU=SND_SOC_SOF_IMX_OF
@@ -30,6 +36,7 @@ config SND_SOC_SOF_IMX8_SUPPORT
 
 config SND_SOC_SOF_IMX8
 	tristate
+	select SND_SOC_SOF_IMX_COMMON
 	select SND_SOC_SOF_XTENSA
 	help
 	  This option is not user-selectable but automagically handled by
@@ -45,6 +52,7 @@ config SND_SOC_SOF_IMX8M_SUPPORT
 
 config SND_SOC_SOF_IMX8M
 	tristate
+	select SND_SOC_SOF_IMX_COMMON
 	select SND_SOC_SOF_XTENSA
 	help
 	  This option is not user-selectable but automagically handled by
diff --git a/sound/soc/sof/imx/Makefile b/sound/soc/sof/imx/Makefile
index 2b933b02bbac..dba93c3466ec 100644
--- a/sound/soc/sof/imx/Makefile
+++ b/sound/soc/sof/imx/Makefile
@@ -2,5 +2,8 @@
 snd-sof-imx8-objs := imx8.o
 snd-sof-imx8m-objs := imx8m.o
 
+snd-sof-imx-common-objs := imx-common.o
+
 obj-$(CONFIG_SND_SOC_SOF_IMX8) += snd-sof-imx8.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_SND_SOC_SOF_IMX8M) += snd-sof-imx8m.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_SND_SOC_SOF_IMX_COMMON) += imx-common.o
diff --git a/sound/soc/sof/imx/imx-common.c b/sound/soc/sof/imx/imx-common.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..63d8a5d7bc44
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sound/soc/sof/imx/imx-common.c
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: (GPL-2.0-only OR BSD-3-Clause)
+//
+// Copyright 2020 NXP
+//
+// Common helpers for the audio DSP on i.MX8
+
+#include <sound/sof/xtensa.h>
+#include "../ops.h"
+
+#include "imx-common.h"
+
+/**
+ * imx8_get_registers() - This function is called in case of DSP oops
+ * in order to gather information about the registers, filename and
+ * linenumber and stack.
+ * @sdev: SOF device
+ * @xoops: Stores information about registers.
+ * @panic_info: Stores information about filename and line number.
+ * @stack: Stores the stack dump.
+ * @stack_words: Size of the stack dump.
+ */
+void imx8_get_registers(struct snd_sof_dev *sdev,
+			struct sof_ipc_dsp_oops_xtensa *xoops,
+			struct sof_ipc_panic_info *panic_info,
+			u32 *stack, size_t stack_words)
+{
+	u32 offset = sdev->dsp_oops_offset;
+
+	/* first read registers */
+	sof_mailbox_read(sdev, offset, xoops, sizeof(*xoops));
+
+	/* then get panic info */
+	if (xoops->arch_hdr.totalsize > EXCEPT_MAX_HDR_SIZE) {
+		dev_err(sdev->dev, "invalid header size 0x%x. FW oops is bogus\n",
+			xoops->arch_hdr.totalsize);
+		return;
+	}
+	offset += xoops->arch_hdr.totalsize;
+	sof_mailbox_read(sdev, offset, panic_info, sizeof(*panic_info));
+
+	/* then get the stack */
+	offset += sizeof(*panic_info);
+	sof_mailbox_read(sdev, offset, stack, stack_words * sizeof(u32));
+}
+
+/**
+ * imx8_dump() - This function is called when a panic message is
+ * received from the firmware.
+ */
+void imx8_dump(struct snd_sof_dev *sdev, u32 flags)
+{
+	struct sof_ipc_dsp_oops_xtensa xoops;
+	struct sof_ipc_panic_info panic_info;
+	u32 stack[IMX8_STACK_DUMP_SIZE];
+	u32 status;
+
+	/* Get information about the panic status from the debug box area.
+	 * Compute the trace point based on the status.
+	 */
+	sof_mailbox_read(sdev, sdev->debug_box.offset + 0x4, &status, 4);
+
+	/* Get information about the registers, the filename and line
+	 * number and the stack.
+	 */
+	imx8_get_registers(sdev, &xoops, &panic_info, stack,
+			   IMX8_STACK_DUMP_SIZE);
+
+	/* Print the information to the console */
+	snd_sof_get_status(sdev, status, status, &xoops, &panic_info, stack,
+			   IMX8_STACK_DUMP_SIZE);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(imx8_dump);
diff --git a/sound/soc/sof/imx/imx-common.h b/sound/soc/sof/imx/imx-common.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1cc7d6704182
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sound/soc/sof/imx/imx-common.h
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: (GPL-2.0-only OR BSD-3-Clause) */
+
+#ifndef __IMX_COMMON_H__
+#define __IMX_COMMON_H__
+
+#define EXCEPT_MAX_HDR_SIZE	0x400
+#define IMX8_STACK_DUMP_SIZE 32
+
+void imx8_get_registers(struct snd_sof_dev *sdev,
+			struct sof_ipc_dsp_oops_xtensa *xoops,
+			struct sof_ipc_panic_info *panic_info,
+			u32 *stack, size_t stack_words);
+
+void imx8_dump(struct snd_sof_dev *sdev, u32 flags);
+
+#endif
diff --git a/sound/soc/sof/imx/imx8.c b/sound/soc/sof/imx/imx8.c
index 3b9ffc760cb5..4e7dccadd7d0 100644
--- a/sound/soc/sof/imx/imx8.c
+++ b/sound/soc/sof/imx/imx8.c
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 #include <linux/firmware/imx/svc/misc.h>
 #include <dt-bindings/firmware/imx/rsrc.h>
 #include "../ops.h"
+#include "imx-common.h"
 
 /* DSP memories */
 #define IRAM_OFFSET		0x10000
@@ -115,8 +116,16 @@ static void imx8_dsp_handle_reply(struct imx_dsp_ipc *ipc)
 static void imx8_dsp_handle_request(struct imx_dsp_ipc *ipc)
 {
 	struct imx8_priv *priv = imx_dsp_get_data(ipc);
+	u32 p; /* panic code */
 
-	snd_sof_ipc_msgs_rx(priv->sdev);
+	/* Read the message from the debug box. */
+	sof_mailbox_read(priv->sdev, priv->sdev->debug_box.offset + 4, &p, sizeof(p));
+
+	/* Check to see if the message is a panic code (0x0dead***) */
+	if ((p & SOF_IPC_PANIC_MAGIC_MASK) == SOF_IPC_PANIC_MAGIC)
+		snd_sof_dsp_panic(priv->sdev, p);
+	else
+		snd_sof_ipc_msgs_rx(priv->sdev);
 }
 
 static struct imx_dsp_ops dsp_ops = {
@@ -409,6 +418,9 @@ struct snd_sof_dsp_ops sof_imx8_ops = {
 	.block_read	= sof_block_read,
 	.block_write	= sof_block_write,
 
+	/* Module IO */
+	.read64	= sof_io_read64,
+
 	/* ipc */
 	.send_msg	= imx8_send_msg,
 	.fw_ready	= sof_fw_ready,
@@ -424,6 +436,9 @@ struct snd_sof_dsp_ops sof_imx8_ops = {
 	/* firmware loading */
 	.load_firmware	= snd_sof_load_firmware_memcpy,
 
+	/* Debug information */
+	.dbg_dump = imx8_dump,
+
 	/* Firmware ops */
 	.arch_ops = &sof_xtensa_arch_ops,
 
@@ -452,6 +467,9 @@ struct snd_sof_dsp_ops sof_imx8x_ops = {
 	.block_read	= sof_block_read,
 	.block_write	= sof_block_write,
 
+	/* Module IO */
+	.read64	= sof_io_read64,
+
 	/* ipc */
 	.send_msg	= imx8_send_msg,
 	.fw_ready	= sof_fw_ready,
@@ -467,6 +485,9 @@ struct snd_sof_dsp_ops sof_imx8x_ops = {
 	/* firmware loading */
 	.load_firmware	= snd_sof_load_firmware_memcpy,
 
+	/* Debug information */
+	.dbg_dump = imx8_dump,
+
 	/* Firmware ops */
 	.arch_ops = &sof_xtensa_arch_ops,
 
diff --git a/sound/soc/sof/imx/imx8m.c b/sound/soc/sof/imx/imx8m.c
index ca23ac99a63d..cb822d953767 100644
--- a/sound/soc/sof/imx/imx8m.c
+++ b/sound/soc/sof/imx/imx8m.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #include <linux/firmware/imx/dsp.h>
 
 #include "../ops.h"
+#include "imx-common.h"
 
 #define MBOX_OFFSET	0x800000
 #define MBOX_SIZE	0x1000
@@ -88,8 +89,16 @@ static void imx8m_dsp_handle_reply(struct imx_dsp_ipc *ipc)
 static void imx8m_dsp_handle_request(struct imx_dsp_ipc *ipc)
 {
 	struct imx8m_priv *priv = imx_dsp_get_data(ipc);
+	u32 p; /* Panic code */
 
-	snd_sof_ipc_msgs_rx(priv->sdev);
+	/* Read the message from the debug box. */
+	sof_mailbox_read(priv->sdev, priv->sdev->debug_box.offset + 4, &p, sizeof(p));
+
+	/* Check to see if the message is a panic code (0x0dead***) */
+	if ((p & SOF_IPC_PANIC_MAGIC_MASK) == SOF_IPC_PANIC_MAGIC)
+		snd_sof_dsp_panic(priv->sdev, p);
+	else
+		snd_sof_ipc_msgs_rx(priv->sdev);
 }
 
 static struct imx_dsp_ops imx8m_dsp_ops = {
@@ -262,6 +271,9 @@ struct snd_sof_dsp_ops sof_imx8m_ops = {
 	.block_read	= sof_block_read,
 	.block_write	= sof_block_write,
 
+	/* Module IO */
+	.read64	= sof_io_read64,
+
 	/* ipc */
 	.send_msg	= imx8m_send_msg,
 	.fw_ready	= sof_fw_ready,
@@ -277,6 +289,9 @@ struct snd_sof_dsp_ops sof_imx8m_ops = {
 	/* firmware loading */
 	.load_firmware	= snd_sof_load_firmware_memcpy,
 
+	/* Debug information */
+	.dbg_dump = imx8_dump,
+
 	/* Firmware ops */
 	.arch_ops = &sof_xtensa_arch_ops,