diff --git a/arch/microblaze/Makefile b/arch/microblaze/Makefile
index b23c40eb7a52..d26fb905ee0a 100644
--- a/arch/microblaze/Makefile
+++ b/arch/microblaze/Makefile
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ boot := arch/microblaze/boot
 DTB:=$(subst simpleImage.,,$(filter simpleImage.%, $(MAKECMDGOALS)))
 
 ifneq ($(DTB),)
-	core-y	+= $(boot)/
+	core-y	+= $(boot)/dts/
 endif
 
 # defines filename extension depending memory management type
diff --git a/arch/microblaze/boot/Makefile b/arch/microblaze/boot/Makefile
index fa83ea497db7..80fe54fb7ca3 100644
--- a/arch/microblaze/boot/Makefile
+++ b/arch/microblaze/boot/Makefile
@@ -2,21 +2,10 @@
 # arch/microblaze/boot/Makefile
 #
 
-obj-y += linked_dtb.o
-
 targets := linux.bin linux.bin.gz simpleImage.%
 
 OBJCOPYFLAGS := -R .note -R .comment -R .note.gnu.build-id -O binary
 
-# Ensure system.dtb exists
-$(obj)/linked_dtb.o: $(obj)/system.dtb
-
-# Generate system.dtb from $(DTB).dtb
-ifneq ($(DTB),system)
-$(obj)/system.dtb: $(obj)/$(DTB).dtb
-	$(call if_changed,cp)
-endif
-
 $(obj)/linux.bin: vmlinux FORCE
 	$(call if_changed,objcopy)
 	$(call if_changed,uimage)
@@ -45,10 +34,4 @@ $(obj)/simpleImage.%: vmlinux FORCE
 	@echo 'Kernel: $@ is ready' ' (#'`cat .version`')'
 
 
-# Rule to build device tree blobs
-DTC_FLAGS := -p 1024
-
-$(obj)/%.dtb: $(src)/dts/%.dts FORCE
-	$(call if_changed_dep,dtc)
-
-clean-files += *.dtb simpleImage.*.unstrip linux.bin.ub
+clean-files += simpleImage.*.unstrip linux.bin.ub
diff --git a/arch/microblaze/boot/dts/Makefile b/arch/microblaze/boot/dts/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c3b3a5d67b89
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/microblaze/boot/dts/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#
+# arch/microblaze/boot/Makefile
+#
+
+obj-y += linked_dtb.o
+
+# Ensure system.dtb exists
+$(obj)/linked_dtb.o: $(obj)/system.dtb
+
+# Generate system.dtb from $(DTB).dtb
+ifneq ($(DTB),system)
+$(obj)/system.dtb: $(obj)/$(DTB).dtb
+	$(call if_changed,cp)
+endif
+
+quiet_cmd_cp = CP      $< $@$2
+	cmd_cp = cat $< >$@$2 || (rm -f $@ && echo false)
+
+# Rule to build device tree blobs
+DTC_FLAGS := -p 1024
+
+clean-files += *.dtb
diff --git a/arch/microblaze/boot/dts/linked_dtb.S b/arch/microblaze/boot/dts/linked_dtb.S
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..23345af3721f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/microblaze/boot/dts/linked_dtb.S
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+.section __fdt_blob,"a"
+.incbin "arch/microblaze/boot/dts/system.dtb"
diff --git a/arch/microblaze/boot/linked_dtb.S b/arch/microblaze/boot/linked_dtb.S
deleted file mode 100644
index cb2b537aebee..000000000000
--- a/arch/microblaze/boot/linked_dtb.S
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-.section __fdt_blob,"a"
-.incbin "arch/microblaze/boot/system.dtb"
-