diff --git a/include/image.mk b/include/image.mk
index 8c4ca222df..4307ead78b 100644
--- a/include/image.mk
+++ b/include/image.mk
@@ -152,6 +152,32 @@ ifdef CONFIG_TARGET_IMAGES_GZIP
   endef
 endif
 
+
+# Disable noisy checks by default as in upstream
+ifeq ($(strip $(call kernel_patchver_ge,4.6.0)),1)
+  DTC_FLAGS += -Wno-unit_address_vs_reg
+endif
+ifeq ($(strip $(call kernel_patchver_ge,4.11.0)),1)
+  DTC_FLAGS += \
+	-Wno-unit_address_vs_reg \
+	-Wno-simple_bus_reg \
+	-Wno-unit_address_format \
+	-Wno-pci_bridge \
+	-Wno-pci_device_bus_num \
+	-Wno-pci_device_reg
+endif
+ifeq ($(strip $(call kernel_patchver_ge,4.16.0)),1)
+  DTC_FLAGS += \
+	-Wno-avoid_unnecessary_addr_size \
+	-Wno-alias_paths
+endif
+ifeq ($(strip $(call kernel_patchver_ge,4.17.0)),1)
+  DTC_FLAGS += \
+	-Wno-graph_child_address \
+	-Wno-graph_port \
+	-Wno-unique_unit_address
+endif
+
 # $(1) source dts file
 # $(2) target dtb file
 # $(3) extra CPP flags
@@ -164,7 +190,7 @@ define Image/BuildDTB
 		-undef -D__DTS__ $(3) \
 		-o $(2).tmp $(1)
 	$(LINUX_DIR)/scripts/dtc/dtc -O dtb \
-		-i$(dir $(1)) $(4) \
+		-i$(dir $(1)) $(DTC_FLAGS) $(4) \
 		-o $(2) $(2).tmp
 	$(RM) $(2).tmp
 endef