diff --git a/arch/mips/cavium-octeon/setup.c b/arch/mips/cavium-octeon/setup.c
index c2426232db06..dfb95cffef3e 100644
--- a/arch/mips/cavium-octeon/setup.c
+++ b/arch/mips/cavium-octeon/setup.c
@@ -1161,15 +1161,12 @@ void __init device_tree_init(void)
 	bool do_prune;
 	bool fill_mac;
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_MIPS_ELF_APPENDED_DTB
-	if (!fdt_check_header(&__appended_dtb)) {
-		fdt = &__appended_dtb;
+	if (fw_passed_dtb) {
+		fdt = (void *)fw_passed_dtb;
 		do_prune = false;
 		fill_mac = true;
 		pr_info("Using appended Device Tree.\n");
-	} else
-#endif
-	if (octeon_bootinfo->minor_version >= 3 && octeon_bootinfo->fdt_addr) {
+	} else if (octeon_bootinfo->minor_version >= 3 && octeon_bootinfo->fdt_addr) {
 		fdt = phys_to_virt(octeon_bootinfo->fdt_addr);
 		if (fdt_check_header(fdt))
 			panic("Corrupt Device Tree passed to kernel.");