diff --git a/drivers/auth/auth_mod.c b/drivers/auth/auth_mod.c
index 97e1220..d66e5dd 100644
--- a/drivers/auth/auth_mod.c
+++ b/drivers/auth/auth_mod.c
@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@
 
 #pragma weak plat_set_nv_ctr2
 
+/* Pointer to CoT */
+extern const auth_img_desc_t **const cot_desc_ptr;
+extern unsigned int auth_img_flags[MAX_NUMBER_IDS];
+
 static int cmp_auth_param_type_desc(const auth_param_type_desc_t *a,
 		const auth_param_type_desc_t *b)
 {
@@ -300,7 +304,7 @@
 	assert(parent_id != NULL);
 
 	/* Get the image descriptor */
-	img_desc = &cot_desc_ptr[img_id];
+	img_desc = cot_desc_ptr[img_id];
 
 	/* Check if the image has no parent (ROT) */
 	if (img_desc->parent == NULL) {
@@ -349,7 +353,7 @@
 	int rc, i;
 
 	/* Get the image descriptor from the chain of trust */
-	img_desc = &cot_desc_ptr[img_id];
+	img_desc = cot_desc_ptr[img_id];
 
 	/* Ask the parser to check the image integrity */
 	rc = img_parser_check_integrity(img_desc->img_type, img_ptr, img_len);