diff --git a/linux/linux.mk b/linux/linux.mk
index 5d6791a398..536e931ed8 100644
--- a/linux/linux.mk
+++ b/linux/linux.mk
@@ -257,6 +257,7 @@ ifeq ($(BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_DTB_IS_SELF_BUILT),)
 define LINUX_BUILD_DTB
 	$(LINUX_MAKE_ENV) $(MAKE) $(LINUX_MAKE_FLAGS) -C $(@D) $(KERNEL_DTBS)
 endef
+ifeq ($(BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_APPENDED_DTB),)
 define LINUX_INSTALL_DTB
 	# dtbs moved from arch/<ARCH>/boot to arch/<ARCH>/boot/dts since 3.8-rc1
 	cp $(addprefix \
@@ -264,8 +265,9 @@ define LINUX_INSTALL_DTB
 		$(addprefix $(KERNEL_ARCH_PATH)/boot/dts/,$(KERNEL_DTBS))),dts/),$(KERNEL_DTBS)) \
 		$(1)
 endef
-endif
-endif
+endif # BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_APPENDED_DTB
+endif # BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_DTB_IS_SELF_BUILT
+endif # BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_DTS_SUPPORT
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_APPENDED_DTB),y)
 # dtbs moved from arch/$ARCH/boot to arch/$ARCH/boot/dts since 3.8-rc1