diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.lib b/scripts/Makefile.lib
index ddf83d0181e7..ed1b7c4fb674 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.lib
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.lib
@@ -277,6 +277,11 @@ cmd_gzip = (cat $(filter-out FORCE,$^) | gzip -n -f -9 > $@) || \
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 DTC ?= $(objtree)/scripts/dtc/dtc
 
+# Disable noisy checks by default
+ifeq ($(KBUILD_ENABLE_EXTRA_GCC_CHECKS),)
+DTC_FLAGS += -Wno-unit_address_vs_reg
+endif
+
 # Generate an assembly file to wrap the output of the device tree compiler
 quiet_cmd_dt_S_dtb= DTB     $@
 cmd_dt_S_dtb=						\