diff --git a/target/linux/apm821xx/image/Makefile b/target/linux/apm821xx/image/Makefile
index 25ee67b673aa9aad4afb5dbce62586f53557033a..100db560d4d831a6c02ae672e9385e11f52ce1c7 100644
--- a/target/linux/apm821xx/image/Makefile
+++ b/target/linux/apm821xx/image/Makefile
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ define Build/create-uImage-dtb
 	-$(STAGING_DIR_HOST)/bin/mkimage -A $(LINUX_KARCH) \
 		-O linux -T kernel -C none \
 		-n '$(call toupper,$(LINUX_KARCH)) LEDE Linux-$(LINUX_VERSION)' \
-		-d $@.dtb $@.new
+		-d $(IMAGE_KERNEL).dtb $@.new
 	@mv $@.new $@
 endef
 
@@ -152,9 +152,9 @@ define Device/WNDR4700
   IMAGE_SIZE:=25559040
   IMAGES := factory.img sysupgrade.tar
   KERNEL_SIZE := 1920k
-  KERNEL := kernel-bin | lzma | uImage lzma | pad-offset $$(BLOCKSIZE) 64 | append-fakerootfs
+  KERNEL := dtb | kernel-bin | lzma | uImage lzma | pad-offset $$(BLOCKSIZE) 64 | append-fakerootfs
   KERNEL_INITRAMFS := kernel-bin | gzip | dtb | wndr4700-specialImage gzip
-  IMAGE/factory.img := dtb | create-uImage-dtb | append-kernel | pad-to 2M | append-ubi | \
+  IMAGE/factory.img := create-uImage-dtb | append-kernel | pad-to 2M | append-ubi | \
 		       netgear-dni | check-size $$$$(IMAGE_SIZE)
   IMAGE/sysupgrade.tar := sysupgrade-tar
   NETGEAR_BOARD_ID := WNDR4700
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ define Build/boot-img
 	mkdir -p $@.bootdir/boot
 
 	$(CP) $@.scr $@.bootdir/boot/boot.scr
-	$(CP) $@.dtb $@.bootdir/boot/$(DEVICE_DTB)
+	$(CP) $(IMAGE_KERNEL).dtb $@.bootdir/boot/$(DEVICE_DTB)
 	$(CP) $(IMAGE_KERNEL) $@.bootdir/boot/uImage
 
 	genext2fs --block-size $(BLOCKSIZE) --size-in-blocks $$((1024 * $(BOOT_SIZE))) --root $@.bootdir $@.boot
@@ -211,6 +211,10 @@ define Build/recovery-tar
 		$@
 endef
 
+define Build/export-dtb
+	cp $(IMAGE_KERNEL).dtb $@
+endef
+
 define Device/MyBookLiveDefault
   IMAGE_SIZE := 48m
   BLOCKSIZE := 1024
@@ -220,8 +224,8 @@ define Device/MyBookLiveDefault
   IMAGES := rootfs.img recovery.tar kernel.dtb
   DEVICE_DTB := apollo3g.dtb
   FILESYSTEMS := ext4
-  IMAGE/kernel.dtb := append-dtb
-  IMAGE/rootfs.img := boot-script | dtb | boot-img | hdd-img
+  IMAGE/kernel.dtb := export-dtb
+  IMAGE/rootfs.img := boot-script | boot-img | hdd-img
   IMAGE/recovery.tar := append-rootfs | gzip | uRamdisk | recovery-tar
 endef