diff --git a/arch/mips/Kconfig b/arch/mips/Kconfig
index 8a2663d806c9..a77ba5b81f61 100644
--- a/arch/mips/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/mips/Kconfig
@@ -742,6 +742,7 @@ config CAVIUM_OCTEON_SOC
 	select ARCH_SPARSEMEM_ENABLE
 	select SYS_SUPPORTS_SMP
 	select NR_CPUS_DEFAULT_16
+	select BUILTIN_DTB
 	help
 	  This option supports all of the Octeon reference boards from Cavium
 	  Networks. It builds a kernel that dynamically determines the Octeon
diff --git a/arch/mips/boot/dts/Makefile b/arch/mips/boot/dts/Makefile
index 9b3da1f4bc6d..51acad699ed0 100644
--- a/arch/mips/boot/dts/Makefile
+++ b/arch/mips/boot/dts/Makefile
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+dtb-$(CONFIG_CAVIUM_OCTEON_SOC)		+= octeon_3xxx.dtb octeon_68xx.dtb
+
 obj-y		+= $(patsubst %.dtb, %.dtb.o, $(dtb-y))
 
 targets		+= dtbs
diff --git a/arch/mips/cavium-octeon/octeon_3xxx.dts b/arch/mips/boot/dts/octeon_3xxx.dts
similarity index 100%
rename from arch/mips/cavium-octeon/octeon_3xxx.dts
rename to arch/mips/boot/dts/octeon_3xxx.dts
diff --git a/arch/mips/cavium-octeon/octeon_68xx.dts b/arch/mips/boot/dts/octeon_68xx.dts
similarity index 100%
rename from arch/mips/cavium-octeon/octeon_68xx.dts
rename to arch/mips/boot/dts/octeon_68xx.dts
diff --git a/arch/mips/cavium-octeon/.gitignore b/arch/mips/cavium-octeon/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 39c968605ff6..000000000000
--- a/arch/mips/cavium-octeon/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-*.dtb.S
-*.dtb
diff --git a/arch/mips/cavium-octeon/Makefile b/arch/mips/cavium-octeon/Makefile
index 4e952043c922..42f5f1a4b40a 100644
--- a/arch/mips/cavium-octeon/Makefile
+++ b/arch/mips/cavium-octeon/Makefile
@@ -20,13 +20,3 @@ obj-y += executive/
 obj-$(CONFIG_MTD)		      += flash_setup.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_SMP)		      += smp.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_OCTEON_ILM)	      += oct_ilm.o
-
-DTS_FILES = octeon_3xxx.dts octeon_68xx.dts
-DTB_FILES = $(patsubst %.dts, %.dtb, $(DTS_FILES))
-
-obj-y += $(patsubst %.dts, %.dtb.o, $(DTS_FILES))
-
-# Let's keep the .dtb files around in case we want to look at them.
-.SECONDARY:  $(addprefix $(obj)/, $(DTB_FILES))
-
-clean-files += $(DTB_FILES) $(patsubst %.dtb, %.dtb.S, $(DTB_FILES))