diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 9387c96ec874..96f6ca3004cf 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ clean-targets := %clean mrproper cleandocs
 no-dot-config-targets := $(clean-targets) \
 			 cscope gtags TAGS tags help% %docs check% coccicheck \
 			 $(version_h) headers headers_% archheaders archscripts \
-			 %asm-generic kernelversion %src-pkg
+			 %asm-generic kernelversion %src-pkg dt_binding_check
 no-sync-config-targets := $(no-dot-config-targets) install %install \
 			   kernelrelease
 single-targets := %.a %.i %.ko %.lds %.ll %.lst %.mod %.o %.s %.symtypes %/
diff --git a/scripts/dtc/Makefile b/scripts/dtc/Makefile
index 3acbb410904c..2f3c3a7e1620 100644
--- a/scripts/dtc/Makefile
+++ b/scripts/dtc/Makefile
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 # scripts/dtc makefile
 
-hostprogs		:= dtc
-always-$(CONFIG_DTC)	:= $(hostprogs)
+hostprogs			:= dtc
+always-$(CONFIG_DTC)		+= $(hostprogs)
+always-$(CHECK_DT_BINDING)	+= $(hostprogs)
 
 dtc-objs	:= dtc.o flattree.o fstree.o data.o livetree.o treesource.o \
 		   srcpos.o checks.o util.o