diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index d71dd5bea4..35554b5bef 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -485,7 +485,7 @@ subdir-dtc: .git-submodule-status dtc/libfdt dtc/tests
 	$(call quiet-command,$(MAKE) $(DTC_MAKE_ARGS) CPPFLAGS="$(DTC_CPPFLAGS)" CFLAGS="$(DTC_CFLAGS)" LDFLAGS="$(LDFLAGS)" ARFLAGS="$(ARFLAGS)" CC="$(CC)" AR="$(AR)" LD="$(LD)" $(SUBDIR_MAKEFLAGS) libfdt/libfdt.a,)
 
 dtc/%: .git-submodule-status
-	mkdir -p $@
+	@mkdir -p $@
 
 # Overriding CFLAGS causes us to lose defines added in the sub-makefile.
 # Not overriding CFLAGS leads to mis-matches between compilation modes.