diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.dtbs b/scripts/Makefile.dtbs
index 46009d5f1486..8d56c0815f33 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.dtbs
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.dtbs
@@ -34,12 +34,14 @@ $(obj)/dtbs-list: $(dtb-y) FORCE
 # Assembly file to wrap dtb(o)
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+builtin-dtb-section = $(if $(filter arch/$(SRCARCH)/boot/dts%, $(obj)),.dtb.init.rodata,.rodata)
+
 # Generate an assembly file to wrap the output of the device tree compiler
 quiet_cmd_wrap_S_dtb = WRAP    $@
       cmd_wrap_S_dtb = {								\
 		symbase=__$(patsubst .%,%,$(suffix $<))_$(subst -,_,$(notdir $*));	\
 		echo '\#include <asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h>';				\
-		echo '.section .dtb.init.rodata,"a"';					\
+		echo '.section $(builtin-dtb-section),"a"';				\
 		echo '.balign STRUCT_ALIGNMENT';					\
 		echo ".global $${symbase}_begin";					\
 		echo "$${symbase}_begin:";						\