diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/Makefile b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/Makefile
index 5138a2f6232a..646cb3525373 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/Makefile
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/Makefile
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ $(obj)/%.example.dts: $(src)/%.yaml FORCE
 	$(call if_changed,chk_binding)
 
 DT_TMP_SCHEMA := processed-schema.yaml
-extra-y += $(DT_TMP_SCHEMA)
 
 quiet_cmd_mk_schema = SCHEMA  $@
       cmd_mk_schema = $(DT_MK_SCHEMA) $(DT_MK_SCHEMA_FLAGS) -o $@ $(real-prereqs)
@@ -26,8 +25,12 @@ DT_DOCS = $(shell \
 
 DT_SCHEMA_FILES ?= $(addprefix $(src)/,$(DT_DOCS))
 
+ifeq ($(CHECK_DTBS),)
 extra-y += $(patsubst $(src)/%.yaml,%.example.dts, $(DT_SCHEMA_FILES))
 extra-y += $(patsubst $(src)/%.yaml,%.example.dt.yaml, $(DT_SCHEMA_FILES))
+endif
 
 $(obj)/$(DT_TMP_SCHEMA): $(DT_SCHEMA_FILES) FORCE
 	$(call if_changed,mk_schema)
+
+extra-y += $(DT_TMP_SCHEMA)
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/writing-schema.rst b/Documentation/devicetree/writing-schema.rst
index f4a638072262..83e04e5c342d 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/writing-schema.rst
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/writing-schema.rst
@@ -130,11 +130,13 @@ binding schema. All of the DT binding documents can be validated using the
 
     make dt_binding_check
 
-In order to perform validation of DT source files, use the `dtbs_check` target::
+In order to perform validation of DT source files, use the ``dtbs_check`` target::
 
     make dtbs_check
 
-This will first run the `dt_binding_check` which generates the processed schema.
+Note that ``dtbs_check`` will skip any binding schema files with errors. It is
+necessary to use ``dt_binding_check`` to get all the validation errors in the
+binding schema files.
 
 It is also possible to run checks with a single schema file by setting the
 ``DT_SCHEMA_FILES`` variable to a specific schema file.