diff --git a/components/esp_ipc/include/esp_ipc.h b/components/esp_ipc/include/esp_ipc.h
index 40914a02a7..5e02c460bc 100644
--- a/components/esp_ipc/include/esp_ipc.h
+++ b/components/esp_ipc/include/esp_ipc.h
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 extern "C" {
 #endif
 
-#ifndef CONFIG_FREERTOS_UNICORE
+#if !defined(CONFIG_FREERTOS_UNICORE) || defined(CONFIG_APPTRACE_GCOV_ENABLE)
 
 /** @cond */
 typedef void (*esp_ipc_func_t)(void* arg);
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ esp_err_t esp_ipc_call(uint32_t cpu_id, esp_ipc_func_t func, void* arg);
  */
 esp_err_t esp_ipc_call_blocking(uint32_t cpu_id, esp_ipc_func_t func, void* arg);
 
-#endif // not CONFIG_FREERTOS_UNICORE
+#endif // not CONFIG_FREERTOS_UNICORE or CONFIG_APPTRACE_GCOV_ENABLE
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
diff --git a/components/esp_ipc/src/esp_ipc.c b/components/esp_ipc/src/esp_ipc.c
index 2d7fcb688a..9c82bd09bf 100644
--- a/components/esp_ipc/src/esp_ipc.c
+++ b/components/esp_ipc/src/esp_ipc.c
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 #include "freertos/task.h"
 #include "freertos/semphr.h"
 
-#ifndef CONFIG_FREERTOS_UNICORE
+#if !defined(CONFIG_FREERTOS_UNICORE) || defined(CONFIG_APPTRACE_GCOV_ENABLE)
 
 static TaskHandle_t s_ipc_task_handle[portNUM_PROCESSORS];
 static SemaphoreHandle_t s_ipc_mutex[portNUM_PROCESSORS];    // This mutex is used as a global lock for esp_ipc_* APIs
@@ -180,6 +180,6 @@ esp_err_t esp_ipc_start_gcov_from_isr(uint32_t cpu_id, esp_ipc_func_t func, void
 
     return ESP_OK;
 }
-#endif 
+#endif
 
-#endif // not CONFIG_FREERTOS_UNICORE
\ No newline at end of file
+#endif // not CONFIG_FREERTOS_UNICORE or CONFIG_APPTRACE_GCOV_ENABLE