diff --git a/scripts/mkimg.base.sh b/scripts/mkimg.base.sh
index a3d5ed1f7fd9c6de8dce0848edde25626e3b83cd..8cce70c199421893a6536fb1882c94208be5576a 100755
--- a/scripts/mkimg.base.sh
+++ b/scripts/mkimg.base.sh
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ syslinux_gen_config() {
 				MENU LABEL Linux $_f
 				KERNEL /boot/vmlinuz-$_f
 				INITRD /boot/initramfs-$_f
-				DEVICETREEDIR /boot/dtbs
+				FDTDIR /boot/dtbs-$_f
 				APPEND $initfs_cmdline $kernel_cmdline
 			EOF
 		else