diff --git a/target/linux/sunxi/image/Makefile b/target/linux/sunxi/image/Makefile
index cc1c1ba42de..d462880e904 100644
--- a/target/linux/sunxi/image/Makefile
+++ b/target/linux/sunxi/image/Makefile
@@ -34,7 +34,11 @@ define Device/Default
   KERNEL := kernel-bin | uImage none
   IMAGES := sdcard.img.gz
   IMAGE/sdcard.img.gz := sunxi-sdcard | append-metadata | gzip
+ifneq ($(LINUX_6_1),)
   SUNXI_DTS_DIR :=
+else
+  SUNXI_DTS_DIR :=allwinner/
+endif
   SUNXI_DTS = $$(SUNXI_DTS_DIR)$$(SOC)-$(lastword $(subst _, ,$(1)))
 endef