diff --git a/scripts/Kbuild.include b/scripts/Kbuild.include
index ce53639a864a14fa13d85710af4b875fd477217f..46cc43e388660a1887e6059f4f112931cc27b731 100644
--- a/scripts/Kbuild.include
+++ b/scripts/Kbuild.include
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ modbuiltin := -f $(srctree)/scripts/Makefile.modbuiltin obj
 # Shorthand for $(Q)$(MAKE) -f scripts/Makefile.dtbinst obj=
 # Usage:
 # $(Q)$(MAKE) $(dtbinst)=dir
-dtbinst := -f $(if $(KBUILD_SRC),$(srctree)/)scripts/Makefile.dtbinst obj
+dtbinst := -f $(srctree)/scripts/Makefile.dtbinst obj
 
 ###
 # Shorthand for $(Q)$(MAKE) -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=