diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index ddea829dbf..b9473f7495 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -887,6 +887,9 @@ endif
 quiet_cmd_copy = COPY    $@
       cmd_copy = cp $< $@
 
+quiet_cmd_truncate = ALIGN   $@
+      cmd_truncate = truncate -s "%8" $@
+
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_MULTI_DTB_FIT),y)
 
 fit-dtb.blob: dts/dt.dtb FORCE
@@ -909,11 +912,13 @@ u-boot-dtb.bin: u-boot-nodtb.bin dts/dt-spl.dtb FORCE
 ifneq ($(wildcard dts/kern.dtb),)
 u-boot-dtb-kern.bin: u-boot-dtb.bin FORCE
 	$(call if_changed,copy)
+	$(call if_changed,truncate)
 u-boot.bin: u-boot-dtb-kern.bin dts/kern.dtb FORCE
 	$(call if_changed,cat)
 else
 u-boot.bin: u-boot-dtb.bin FORCE
 	$(call if_changed,copy)
+	$(call if_changed,truncate)
 endif
 else
 
diff --git a/lib/fdtdec.c b/lib/fdtdec.c
index 589cec3e94..5b637f2639 100644
--- a/lib/fdtdec.c
+++ b/lib/fdtdec.c
@@ -1286,8 +1286,8 @@ int fdtdec_setup(void)
 	gd->fdt_blob = (ulong *)&_end;
 
 #    ifdef CONFIG_USING_KERNEL_DTB
-	gd->fdt_blob_kern =
-		(ulong *)((ulong)gd->fdt_blob + fdt_totalsize(gd->fdt_blob));
+	gd->fdt_blob_kern = (ulong *)((ulong)gd->fdt_blob +
+					ALIGN(fdt_totalsize(gd->fdt_blob), 8));
 #    endif
 #  endif
 # elif defined(CONFIG_OF_BOARD)