diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 228fa03ca139..bfd92cb667f6 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -2039,7 +2039,9 @@ $(clean-dirs):
 
 clean: $(clean-dirs)
 	$(call cmd,rmfiles)
-	@find $(or $(KBUILD_EXTMOD), .) $(RCS_FIND_IGNORE) \
+	@find $(or $(KBUILD_EXTMOD), .) \
+		$(if $(filter-out arch/$(SRCARCH)/boot/dts, $(dtstree)), $(dtstree)) \
+		$(RCS_FIND_IGNORE) \
 		\( -name '*.[aios]' -o -name '*.rsi' -o -name '*.ko' -o -name '.*.cmd' \
 		-o -name '*.ko.*' \
 		-o -name '*.dtb' -o -name '*.dtbo' -o -name '*.dtb.S' -o -name '*.dt.yaml' \