diff --git a/arch/mips/Kconfig b/arch/mips/Kconfig
index 3953bb14795e..b0b0a4d52746 100644
--- a/arch/mips/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/mips/Kconfig
@@ -2884,10 +2884,10 @@ choice
 		  the documented boot protocol using a device tree.
 
 	config MIPS_RAW_APPENDED_DTB
-		bool "vmlinux.bin"
+		bool "vmlinux.bin or vmlinuz.bin"
 		help
 		  With this option, the boot code will look for a device tree binary
-		  DTB) appended to raw vmlinux.bin (without decompressor).
+		  DTB) appended to raw vmlinux.bin or vmlinuz.bin.
 		  (e.g. cat vmlinux.bin <filename>.dtb > vmlinux_w_dtb).
 
 		  This is meant as a backward compatibility convenience for those
@@ -2899,24 +2899,6 @@ choice
 		  look like a DTB header after a reboot if no actual DTB is appended
 		  to vmlinux.bin.  Do not leave this option active in a production kernel
 		  if you don't intend to always append a DTB.
-
-	config MIPS_ZBOOT_APPENDED_DTB
-		bool "vmlinuz.bin"
-		depends on SYS_SUPPORTS_ZBOOT
-		help
-		  With this option, the boot code will look for a device tree binary
-		  DTB) appended to raw vmlinuz.bin (with decompressor).
-		  (e.g. cat vmlinuz.bin <filename>.dtb > vmlinuz_w_dtb).
-
-		  This is meant as a backward compatibility convenience for those
-		  systems with a bootloader that can't be upgraded to accommodate
-		  the documented boot protocol using a device tree.
-
-		  Beware that there is very little in terms of protection against
-		  this option being confused by leftover garbage in memory that might
-		  look like a DTB header after a reboot if no actual DTB is appended
-		  to vmlinuz.bin.  Do not leave this option active in a production kernel
-		  if you don't intend to always append a DTB.
 endchoice
 
 choice
diff --git a/arch/mips/boot/compressed/decompress.c b/arch/mips/boot/compressed/decompress.c
index 080cd53bac36..fdf99e9dd4c3 100644
--- a/arch/mips/boot/compressed/decompress.c
+++ b/arch/mips/boot/compressed/decompress.c
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #include <linux/types.h>
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/string.h>
+#include <linux/libfdt.h>
 
 #include <asm/addrspace.h>
 
@@ -36,6 +37,8 @@ extern void puthex(unsigned long long val);
 #define puthex(val) do {} while (0)
 #endif
 
+extern char __appended_dtb[];
+
 void error(char *x)
 {
 	puts("\n\n");
@@ -114,6 +117,20 @@ void decompress_kernel(unsigned long boot_heap_start)
 	__decompress((char *)zimage_start, zimage_size, 0, 0,
 		   (void *)VMLINUX_LOAD_ADDRESS_ULL, 0, 0, error);
 
+	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_MIPS_RAW_APPENDED_DTB) &&
+	    fdt_magic((void *)&__appended_dtb) == FDT_MAGIC) {
+		unsigned int image_size, dtb_size;
+
+		dtb_size = fdt_totalsize((void *)&__appended_dtb);
+
+		/* last four bytes is always image size in little endian */
+		image_size = le32_to_cpup((void *)&__image_end - 4);
+
+		/* copy dtb to where the booted kernel will expect it */
+		memcpy((void *)VMLINUX_LOAD_ADDRESS_ULL + image_size,
+		       __appended_dtb, dtb_size);
+	}
+
 	/* FIXME: should we flush cache here? */
 	puts("Now, booting the kernel...\n");
 }
diff --git a/arch/mips/boot/compressed/head.S b/arch/mips/boot/compressed/head.S
index c580e853b9fb..409cb483a9ff 100644
--- a/arch/mips/boot/compressed/head.S
+++ b/arch/mips/boot/compressed/head.S
@@ -25,22 +25,6 @@ start:
 	move	s2, a2
 	move	s3, a3
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_MIPS_ZBOOT_APPENDED_DTB
-	PTR_LA	t0, __appended_dtb
-#ifdef CONFIG_CPU_BIG_ENDIAN
-	li	t1, 0xd00dfeed
-#else
-	li	t1, 0xedfe0dd0
-#endif
-	lw	t2, (t0)
-	bne	t1, t2, not_found
-	 nop
-
-	move	s1, t0
-	PTR_LI	s0, -2
-not_found:
-#endif
-
 	/* Clear BSS */
 	PTR_LA	a0, _edata
 	PTR_LA	a2, _end