diff --git a/linux/linux.mk b/linux/linux.mk
index f95bc58371..5d6791a398 100644
--- a/linux/linux.mk
+++ b/linux/linux.mk
@@ -262,14 +262,7 @@ define LINUX_INSTALL_DTB
 	cp $(addprefix \
 		$(KERNEL_ARCH_PATH)/boot/$(if $(wildcard \
 		$(addprefix $(KERNEL_ARCH_PATH)/boot/dts/,$(KERNEL_DTBS))),dts/),$(KERNEL_DTBS)) \
-		$(BINARIES_DIR)/
-endef
-define LINUX_INSTALL_DTB_TARGET
-	# dtbs moved from arch/<ARCH>/boot to arch/<ARCH>/boot/dts since 3.8-rc1
-	cp $(addprefix \
-		$(KERNEL_ARCH_PATH)/boot/$(if $(wildcard \
-		$(addprefix $(KERNEL_ARCH_PATH)/boot/dts/,$(KERNEL_DTBS))),dts/),$(KERNEL_DTBS)) \
-		$(TARGET_DIR)/boot/
+		$(1)
 endef
 endif
 endif
@@ -310,11 +303,14 @@ define LINUX_BUILD_CMDS
 	$(LINUX_APPEND_DTB)
 endef
 
+define LINUX_INSTALL_IMAGE
+	$(INSTALL) -m 0644 -D $(LINUX_IMAGE_PATH) $(1)/$(LINUX_IMAGE_NAME)
+endef
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_INSTALL_TARGET),y)
 define LINUX_INSTALL_KERNEL_IMAGE_TO_TARGET
-	install -m 0644 -D $(LINUX_IMAGE_PATH) $(TARGET_DIR)/boot/$(LINUX_IMAGE_NAME)
-	$(LINUX_INSTALL_DTB_TARGET)
+	$(call LINUX_INSTALL_IMAGE,$(TARGET_DIR)/boot)
+	$(call LINUX_INSTALL_DTB,$(TARGET_DIR)/boot)
 endef
 endif
 
@@ -328,8 +324,8 @@ endef
 
 
 define LINUX_INSTALL_IMAGES_CMDS
-	cp $(LINUX_IMAGE_PATH) $(BINARIES_DIR)
-	$(LINUX_INSTALL_DTB)
+	$(call LINUX_INSTALL_IMAGE,$(BINARIES_DIR))
+	$(call LINUX_INSTALL_DTB,$(BINARIES_DIR))
 endef
 
 define LINUX_INSTALL_TARGET_CMDS