diff --git a/target/linux/rtl838x/dts/rtl8382_allnet_all-sg8208m.dts b/target/linux/rtl838x/dts/rtl8382_allnet_all-sg8208m.dts
index 09d5aff0fe..00be58faca 100644
--- a/target/linux/rtl838x/dts/rtl8382_allnet_all-sg8208m.dts
+++ b/target/linux/rtl838x/dts/rtl8382_allnet_all-sg8208m.dts
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
-/dts-v1/;
 
 #include "rtl838x.dtsi"
 
diff --git a/target/linux/rtl838x/dts/rtl8382_d-link_dgs-1210-16.dts b/target/linux/rtl838x/dts/rtl8382_d-link_dgs-1210-16.dts
index ffb3dca226..f1eee78b60 100644
--- a/target/linux/rtl838x/dts/rtl8382_d-link_dgs-1210-16.dts
+++ b/target/linux/rtl838x/dts/rtl8382_d-link_dgs-1210-16.dts
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-/dts-v1/;
-
 #include "rtl838x.dtsi"
 
 #include <dt-bindings/input/input.h>
diff --git a/target/linux/rtl838x/dts/rtl838x.dtsi b/target/linux/rtl838x/dts/rtl838x.dtsi
index 63dc9bf1ba..5d562063ea 100644
--- a/target/linux/rtl838x/dts/rtl838x.dtsi
+++ b/target/linux/rtl838x/dts/rtl838x.dtsi
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later OR MIT
 
+/dts-v1/;
+
 / {
 	#address-cells = <1>;
 	#size-cells = <1>;