diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/Makefile b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/Makefile
index b62c0470f122..1df680d07461 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/Makefile
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/Makefile
@@ -26,10 +26,9 @@ DT_DOCS = $(addprefix $(src)/, \
 
 DT_SCHEMA_FILES ?= $(DT_DOCS)
 
-ifeq ($(CHECK_DTBS),)
-extra-y += $(patsubst $(src)/%.yaml,%.example.dts, $(DT_SCHEMA_FILES))
-extra-y += $(patsubst $(src)/%.yaml,%.example.dt.yaml, $(DT_SCHEMA_FILES))
-extra-y += processed-schema-examples.yaml
+extra-$(CHECK_DT_BINDING) += $(patsubst $(src)/%.yaml,%.example.dts, $(DT_SCHEMA_FILES))
+extra-$(CHECK_DT_BINDING) += $(patsubst $(src)/%.yaml,%.example.dt.yaml, $(DT_SCHEMA_FILES))
+extra-$(CHECK_DT_BINDING) += processed-schema-examples.yaml
 
 override DTC_FLAGS := \
 	-Wno-avoid_unnecessary_addr_size \
@@ -37,7 +36,6 @@ override DTC_FLAGS := \
 
 $(obj)/processed-schema-examples.yaml: $(DT_DOCS) FORCE
 	$(call if_changed,mk_schema)
-endif
 
 $(obj)/processed-schema.yaml: DT_MK_SCHEMA_FLAGS := -u
 $(obj)/processed-schema.yaml: $(DT_SCHEMA_FILES) FORCE
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/writing-schema.rst b/Documentation/devicetree/writing-schema.rst
index 7635ab230456..220cf464ed77 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/writing-schema.rst
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/writing-schema.rst
@@ -147,6 +147,10 @@ Note that ``dtbs_check`` will skip any binding schema files with errors. It is
 necessary to use ``dt_binding_check`` to get all the validation errors in the
 binding schema files.
 
+It is possible to run both in a single command::
+
+    make dt_binding_check dtbs_check
+
 It is also possible to run checks with a single schema file by setting the
 ``DT_SCHEMA_FILES`` variable to a specific schema file.
 
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index da1966eacdce..9387c96ec874 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1250,10 +1250,10 @@ dtbs: include/config/kernel.release scripts_dtc
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=$(dtstree)
 
 ifneq ($(filter dtbs_check, $(MAKECMDGOALS)),)
+export CHECK_DTBS=y
 dtbs: dt_binding_check
 endif
 
-dtbs_check: export CHECK_DTBS=1
 dtbs_check: dtbs
 
 dtbs_install:
@@ -1269,6 +1269,10 @@ PHONY += scripts_dtc
 scripts_dtc: scripts_basic
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=scripts/dtc
 
+ifneq ($(filter dt_binding_check, $(MAKECMDGOALS)),)
+export CHECK_DT_BINDING=y
+endif
+
 PHONY += dt_binding_check
 dt_binding_check: scripts_dtc
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=Documentation/devicetree/bindings