diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt b/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt
index ec9ae67086911efa3022b912f1a30bfeb3aea976..14c3f4f1b61773bc660f1f73a1c57e438f2ef975 100644
--- a/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt
@@ -1175,15 +1175,16 @@ When kbuild executes, the following steps are followed (roughly):
 	in an init section in the image. Platform code *must* copy the
 	blob to non-init memory prior to calling unflatten_device_tree().
 
-	Example:
-		#arch/x86/platform/ce4100/Makefile
-		clean-files := *dtb.S
+	To use this command, simply add *.dtb into obj-y or targets, or make
+	some other target depend on %.dtb
 
-		DTC_FLAGS := -p 1024
-		obj-y += foo.dtb.o
+	A central rule exists to create $(obj)/%.dtb from $(src)/%.dts;
+	architecture Makefiles do no need to explicitly write out that rule.
 
-		$(obj)/%.dtb: $(src)/%.dts
-			$(call cmd,dtc)
+	Example:
+		targets += $(dtb-y)
+		clean-files += *.dtb
+		DTC_FLAGS ?= -p 1024
 
 --- 6.8 Custom kbuild commands
 
diff --git a/arch/mips/cavium-octeon/Makefile b/arch/mips/cavium-octeon/Makefile
index bc96e2908f14436616083cf3706fd0dddf718d6a..6e927cf20df243a8e42f353baa54d5d9d74ef74e 100644
--- a/arch/mips/cavium-octeon/Makefile
+++ b/arch/mips/cavium-octeon/Makefile
@@ -24,9 +24,6 @@ DTB_FILES = $(patsubst %.dts, %.dtb, $(DTS_FILES))
 
 obj-y += $(patsubst %.dts, %.dtb.o, $(DTS_FILES))
 
-$(obj)/%.dtb: $(src)/%.dts FORCE
-	$(call if_changed_dep,dtc)
-
 # Let's keep the .dtb files around in case we want to look at them.
 .SECONDARY:  $(addprefix $(obj)/, $(DTB_FILES))
 
diff --git a/arch/mips/lantiq/dts/Makefile b/arch/mips/lantiq/dts/Makefile
index 674fca45f72d65e9278e4d21c57dd6c2f8ebc0e5..6fa72dd641b299739f75568d5ad4c469852c49a4 100644
--- a/arch/mips/lantiq/dts/Makefile
+++ b/arch/mips/lantiq/dts/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1 @@
 obj-$(CONFIG_DT_EASY50712) := easy50712.dtb.o
-
-$(obj)/%.dtb: $(obj)/%.dts
-	$(call if_changed,dtc)
diff --git a/arch/mips/netlogic/dts/Makefile b/arch/mips/netlogic/dts/Makefile
index 67ae3fe296f0c0d3158fececd4149840b078b508..d117d46413aa29d9b03806935c3d206f0e4f6b29 100644
--- a/arch/mips/netlogic/dts/Makefile
+++ b/arch/mips/netlogic/dts/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1 @@
 obj-$(CONFIG_DT_XLP_EVP) := xlp_evp.dtb.o
-
-$(obj)/%.dtb: $(obj)/%.dts
-	$(call if_changed,dtc)
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.lib b/scripts/Makefile.lib
index 0be6f110cce79be4c4acd2f4dbf4ac2ce7d24057..bdf42fdf64c9adb0095a1ff0ad3437499d0ba87c 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.lib
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.lib
@@ -266,6 +266,9 @@ $(obj)/%.dtb.S: $(obj)/%.dtb
 quiet_cmd_dtc = DTC     $@
 cmd_dtc = $(objtree)/scripts/dtc/dtc -O dtb -o $@ -b 0 $(DTC_FLAGS) -d $(depfile) $<
 
+$(obj)/%.dtb: $(src)/%.dts FORCE
+	$(call if_changed_dep,dtc)
+
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