diff --git a/arch/nios2/Makefile b/arch/nios2/Makefile
index 8673a79dca9c..50eece1c6adb 100644
--- a/arch/nios2/Makefile
+++ b/arch/nios2/Makefile
@@ -59,10 +59,10 @@ archclean:
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(clean)=$(nios2-boot)
 
 %.dtb: | scripts
-	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=$(nios2-boot) $(nios2-boot)/$@
+	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=$(nios2-boot)/dts $(nios2-boot)/dts/$@
 
 dtbs:
-	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=$(nios2-boot) $(nios2-boot)/$@
+	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=$(nios2-boot)/dts
 
 $(BOOT_TARGETS): vmlinux
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=$(nios2-boot) $(nios2-boot)/$@
diff --git a/arch/nios2/boot/Makefile b/arch/nios2/boot/Makefile
index 2ba23a679732..007586094dde 100644
--- a/arch/nios2/boot/Makefile
+++ b/arch/nios2/boot/Makefile
@@ -47,10 +47,6 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_NIOS2_DTB_SOURCE_BOOL) += linked_dtb.o
 
 targets += $(dtb-y)
 
-# Rule to build device tree blobs with make command
-$(obj)/%.dtb: $(src)/dts/%.dts FORCE
-	$(call if_changed_dep,dtc)
-
 $(obj)/dtbs: $(addprefix $(obj)/, $(dtb-y))
 
 install:
diff --git a/arch/nios2/boot/dts/Makefile b/arch/nios2/boot/dts/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f66554cd5c45
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/nios2/boot/dts/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0