diff --git a/meta/classes-recipe/kernel-fitimage.bbclass b/meta/classes-recipe/kernel-fitimage.bbclass
index 838ce204cb..107914e28c 100644
--- a/meta/classes-recipe/kernel-fitimage.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes-recipe/kernel-fitimage.bbclass
@@ -535,6 +535,10 @@ fitimage_assemble() {
 			fi
 
 			DTB=$(echo "$DTB" | tr '/' '_')
+
+			# Skip DTB if we've picked it up previously
+			echo "$DTBS" | tr ' ' '\n' | grep -xq "$DTB" && continue
+
 			DTBS="$DTBS $DTB"
 			fitimage_emit_section_dtb $1 $DTB $DTB_PATH
 		done
@@ -544,6 +548,10 @@ fitimage_assemble() {
 		dtbcount=1
 		for DTB in $(find "${EXTERNAL_KERNEL_DEVICETREE}" \( -name '*.dtb' -o -name '*.dtbo' \) -printf '%P\n' | sort); do
 			DTB=$(echo "$DTB" | tr '/' '_')
+
+			# Skip DTB if we've picked it up previously
+			echo "$DTBS" | tr ' ' '\n' | grep -xq "$DTB" && continue
+
 			DTBS="$DTBS $DTB"
 			fitimage_emit_section_dtb $1 $DTB "${EXTERNAL_KERNEL_DEVICETREE}/$DTB"
 		done