diff --git a/target/linux/apm821xx/dts/wndr4700.dts b/target/linux/apm821xx/dts/wndr4700.dts
index e0fb4e305f..d1a65f3e62 100644
--- a/target/linux/apm821xx/dts/wndr4700.dts
+++ b/target/linux/apm821xx/dts/wndr4700.dts
@@ -171,7 +171,6 @@
 			partition0,2@0x00180000 {
 				label = "device-tree";
 				reg = <0x00180000 0x00020000>;
-				read-only;
 			};
 
 			partition0,3@0x001a0000 {
diff --git a/target/linux/apm821xx/image/Makefile b/target/linux/apm821xx/image/Makefile
index 48eef643e1..0ee9cdcd17 100644
--- a/target/linux/apm821xx/image/Makefile
+++ b/target/linux/apm821xx/image/Makefile
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ define Build/dtb
 	$(call Image/BuildDTB,../dts/$(DEVICE_DTS).dts,$@.dtb,,--space $(DTB_SIZE))
 endef
 
+define Build/export-dtb
+	cp $(IMAGE_KERNEL).dtb $@
+endef
+
 ifeq ($(SUBTARGET),nand)
 
 define Image/cpiogz
@@ -186,13 +190,14 @@ define Device/WNDR4700
   BLOCKSIZE := 128k
   DTB_SIZE := 131008
   IMAGE_SIZE := 24960k
-  IMAGES := factory.img sysupgrade.tar
+  IMAGES := factory.img sysupgrade.tar kernel.dtb
   KERNEL_SIZE := 1920k
   KERNEL := dtb | kernel-bin | lzma | uImage lzma | pad-offset $$(BLOCKSIZE) 64 | append-fakerootfs
   KERNEL_INITRAMFS := kernel-bin | gzip | dtb | wndr4700-specialImage gzip
   IMAGE/factory.img := create-uImage-dtb | append-kernel | pad-to 2M | append-ubi | \
 		       netgear-dni | check-size $$$$(IMAGE_SIZE)
   IMAGE/sysupgrade.tar := sysupgrade-tar
+  IMAGE/kernel.dtb := export-dtb | uImage none
   NETGEAR_BOARD_ID := WNDR4700
   NETGEAR_HW_ID := 29763875+128+256
   UBINIZE_OPTS := -E 5
@@ -230,10 +235,6 @@ define Build/hdd-img
 	$(if $(CONFIG_TARGET_IMAGES_GZIP),gzip -9n -c $@ > $(BIN_DIR)/$(notdir $@).gz)
 endef
 
-define Build/export-dtb
-	cp $(IMAGE_KERNEL).dtb $@
-endef
-
 define Device/MyBookLiveDefault
   IMAGE_SIZE := 48m
   BLOCKSIZE := 1k