diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.lib b/scripts/Makefile.lib
index 3ff094f01..458b944ed 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.lib
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.lib
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ cmd_gzip = (cat $(filter-out FORCE,$^) | gzip -n -f -9 > $@) || \
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 # Generate an assembly file to wrap the output of the device tree compiler
-quiet_cmd_dt_S_dtb= DTB    $@
+quiet_cmd_dt_S_dtb = DTB     $@
 cmd_dt_S_dtb=							\
 (								\
 	echo '\#include <asm-generic/barebox.lds.h>';		\