diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/Makefile b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/Makefile
index 3779405269ab..8cdda477987f 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/Makefile
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/Makefile
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ override DTC_FLAGS := \
 $(obj)/processed-schema.json: $(DT_DOCS) check_dtschema_version FORCE
 	$(call if_changed,mk_schema)
 
-always-$(CHECK_DT_BINDING) += .dt-binding.checked .yamllint.checked
+targets += .dt-binding.checked .yamllint.checked
 $(obj)/.yamllint.checked: $(DT_DOCS) $(src)/.yamllint FORCE
 	$(if $(DT_SCHEMA_LINT),$(call if_changed,yamllint),)
 
@@ -71,8 +71,8 @@ $(obj)/.dt-binding.checked: $(DT_DOCS) FORCE
 	$(call if_changed,chk_bindings)
 
 always-y += processed-schema.json
-always-$(CHECK_DT_BINDING) += $(patsubst $(obj)/%,%, $(CHK_DT_EXAMPLES))
-always-$(CHECK_DT_BINDING) += $(patsubst $(obj)/%.dtb,%.dts, $(CHK_DT_EXAMPLES))
+targets += $(patsubst $(obj)/%,%, $(CHK_DT_EXAMPLES))
+targets += $(patsubst $(obj)/%.dtb,%.dts, $(CHK_DT_EXAMPLES))
 
 # Hack: avoid 'Argument list too long' error for 'make clean'. Remove most of
 # build artifacts here before they are processed by scripts/Makefile.clean
@@ -81,3 +81,6 @@ clean-files = $(shell find $(obj) \( -name '*.example.dts' -o \
 
 dt_compatible_check: $(obj)/processed-schema.json
 	$(Q)$(srctree)/scripts/dtc/dt-extract-compatibles $(srctree) | xargs dt-check-compatible -v -s $<
+
+PHONY += dt_binding_check
+dt_binding_check: $(obj)/.dt-binding.checked $(obj)/.yamllint.checked $(CHK_DT_EXAMPLES)
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 43b10f3d438c..026971f9f6bc 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1403,7 +1403,7 @@ export CHECK_DTBS=y
 endif
 
 ifneq ($(CHECK_DTBS),)
-dtbs_prepare: dt_binding_check
+dtbs_prepare: dt_binding_schemas
 endif
 
 dtbs_check: dtbs
@@ -1422,15 +1422,18 @@ scripts_dtc: scripts_basic
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=scripts/dtc
 
 ifneq ($(filter dt_binding_check, $(MAKECMDGOALS)),)
-export CHECK_DT_BINDING=y
+export CHECK_DTBS=y
 endif
 
-PHONY += dt_binding_check
-dt_binding_check: scripts_dtc
+PHONY += dt_binding_check dt_binding_schemas
+dt_binding_check: dt_binding_schemas scripts_dtc
+	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=Documentation/devicetree/bindings $@
+
+dt_binding_schemas:
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=Documentation/devicetree/bindings
 
 PHONY += dt_compatible_check
-dt_compatible_check: dt_binding_check
+dt_compatible_check: dt_binding_schemas
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=Documentation/devicetree/bindings $@
 
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -1626,10 +1629,11 @@ help:
 	@echo  ''
 	@$(if $(dtstree), \
 		echo 'Devicetree:'; \
-		echo '* dtbs             - Build device tree blobs for enabled boards'; \
-		echo '  dtbs_install     - Install dtbs to $(INSTALL_DTBS_PATH)'; \
-		echo '  dt_binding_check - Validate device tree binding documents'; \
-		echo '  dtbs_check       - Validate device tree source files';\
+		echo '* dtbs               - Build device tree blobs for enabled boards'; \
+		echo '  dtbs_install       - Install dtbs to $(INSTALL_DTBS_PATH)'; \
+		echo '  dt_binding_check   - Validate device tree binding documents and examples'; \
+		echo '  dt_binding_schema  - Build processed device tree binding schemas'; \
+		echo '  dtbs_check         - Validate device tree source files';\
 		echo '')
 
 	@echo 'Userspace tools targets:'
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.lib b/scripts/Makefile.lib
index 3179747cbd2c..d1d51e38b55d 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.lib
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.lib
@@ -410,7 +410,7 @@ $(multi-dtb-y): FORCE
 	$(call if_changed,fdtoverlay)
 $(call multi_depend, $(multi-dtb-y), .dtb, -dtbs)
 
-ifneq ($(CHECK_DTBS)$(CHECK_DT_BINDING),)
+ifneq ($(CHECK_DTBS),)
 DT_CHECKER ?= dt-validate
 DT_CHECKER_FLAGS ?= $(if $(DT_SCHEMA_FILES),-l $(DT_SCHEMA_FILES),-m)
 DT_BINDING_DIR := Documentation/devicetree/bindings