3 files changed, 3 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/Makefile b/scripts/Makefile
index 61affa300d25..ece52ff20171 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile
+++ b/scripts/Makefile
@@ -39,8 +39,7 @@ build_unifdef: $(obj)/unifdef
 subdir-$(CONFIG_MODVERSIONS) += genksyms
 subdir-y                     += mod
 subdir-$(CONFIG_SECURITY_SELINUX) += selinux
-subdir-$(CONFIG_DTC)         += dtc
 subdir-$(CONFIG_GDB_SCRIPTS) += gdb
 
 # Let clean descend into subdirs
-subdir- += basic kconfig package gcc-plugins
+subdir- += basic dtc kconfig package gcc-plugins
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.lib b/scripts/Makefile.lib
index 61e596650ed3..8fe4468f9bda 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.lib
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.lib
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ $(obj)/%.dtb.S: $(obj)/%.dtb FORCE
 
 quiet_cmd_dtc = DTC     $@
 cmd_dtc = mkdir -p $(dir ${dtc-tmp}) ; \
-        $(CPP) $(dtc_cpp_flags) -x assembler-with-cpp -o $(dtc-tmp) $< ; \
+        $(HOSTCC) -E $(dtc_cpp_flags) -x assembler-with-cpp -o $(dtc-tmp) $< ; \
         $(DTC) -O dtb -o $@ -b 0 \
                 $(addprefix -i,$(dir $<) $(DTC_INCLUDE)) $(DTC_FLAGS) \
                 -d $(depfile).dtc.tmp $(dtc-tmp) ; \
diff --git a/scripts/dtc/Makefile b/scripts/dtc/Makefile
index 81c6f5132f12..056d5da6c477 100644
--- a/scripts/dtc/Makefile
+++ b/scripts/dtc/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 # scripts/dtc makefile
 
-hostprogs-y     := dtc
+hostprogs-$(CONFIG_DTC) := dtc
 always          := $(hostprogs-y)
 
 dtc-objs        := dtc.o flattree.o fstree.o data.o livetree.o treesource.o \