1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/apps/playback.c b/apps/playback.c
index c6128ca007..1068796c83 100644
--- a/apps/playback.c
+++ b/apps/playback.c
@@ -108,7 +108,11 @@ static const char audio_thread_name[] = "audio";
 
 /* Codec thread. */
 static struct event_queue codec_queue;
-static long codec_stack[(DEFAULT_STACK_SIZE + 0x2500)/sizeof(long)] __attribute__ ((section(".idata")));
+static long codec_stack[(DEFAULT_STACK_SIZE + 0x2500)/sizeof(long)]
+#ifndef SIMULATOR
+__attribute__ ((section(".idata")))
+#endif
+;
 static const char codec_thread_name[] = "codec";
 
 /* Is file buffer currently being refilled? */