diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 7cbb610351..ac1746f77d 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ export ARCH CPU BOARD VENDOR SOC CPUDIR BOARDDIR
 export CONFIG_SHELL HOSTCC HOSTCFLAGS HOSTLDFLAGS CROSS_COMPILE AS LD CC
 export CPP AR NM LDR STRIP OBJCOPY OBJDUMP
 export MAKE AWK PERL PYTHON
-export HOSTCXX HOSTCXXFLAGS DTC CHECK CHECKFLAGS
+export HOSTCXX HOSTCXXFLAGS CHECK CHECKFLAGS DTC DTC_FLAGS
 
 export KBUILD_CPPFLAGS NOSTDINC_FLAGS UBOOTINCLUDE OBJCOPYFLAGS LDFLAGS
 export KBUILD_CFLAGS KBUILD_AFLAGS
diff --git a/scripts/Kbuild.include b/scripts/Kbuild.include
index 30e6e316ac..1b62aedb00 100644
--- a/scripts/Kbuild.include
+++ b/scripts/Kbuild.include
@@ -172,6 +172,11 @@ ld-version = $(shell $(LD) --version | $(srctree)/scripts/ld-version.sh)
 # Usage:  $(call ld-ifversion, -ge, 22252, y)
 ld-ifversion = $(shell [ $(ld-version) $(1) $(2) ] && echo $(3) || echo $(4))
 
+# dtc-option
+# Usage:  DTC_FLAGS += $(call dtc-option,-Wno-unit_address_vs_reg)
+dtc-option = $(call try-run,\
+	echo '/dts-v1/; / {};' | $(DTC) $(1),$(1),$(2))
+
 ######
 
 ###
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.extrawarn b/scripts/Makefile.extrawarn
index 6547e57357..7b2cffce52 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.extrawarn
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.extrawarn
@@ -57,4 +57,10 @@ ifeq ("$(strip $(warning))","")
 endif
 
 KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(warning)
+
+else
+
+# Disable noisy checks by default
+DTC_FLAGS += $(call dtc-option,-Wno-unit_address_vs_reg)
+
 endif