diff --git a/plat/rpi3/platform.mk b/plat/rpi3/platform.mk
index 559f31634..5e76345a5 100644
--- a/plat/rpi3/platform.mk
+++ b/plat/rpi3/platform.mk
@@ -130,7 +130,9 @@ endif
 $(eval $(call add_define,RPI3_BL32_RAM_LOCATION_ID))
 $(eval $(call add_define,RPI3_BL33_IN_AARCH32))
 $(eval $(call add_define,RPI3_DIRECT_LINUX_BOOT))
+ifdef RPI3_PRELOADED_DTB_BASE
 $(eval $(call add_define,RPI3_PRELOADED_DTB_BASE))
+endif
 $(eval $(call add_define,RPI3_RUNTIME_UART))
 $(eval $(call add_define,RPI3_USE_UEFI_MAP))
 
diff --git a/plat/rpi3/rpi3_bl31_setup.c b/plat/rpi3/rpi3_bl31_setup.c
index af7f806cd..d5c691e19 100644
--- a/plat/rpi3/rpi3_bl31_setup.c
+++ b/plat/rpi3/rpi3_bl31_setup.c
@@ -141,6 +141,7 @@ void bl31_plat_arch_setup(void)
 	enable_mmu_el3(0);
 }
 
+#ifdef RPI3_PRELOADED_DTB_BASE
 /*
  * Add information to the device tree (if any) about the reserved DRAM used by
  * the Trusted Firmware.
@@ -204,6 +205,7 @@ static void rpi3_dtb_add_mem_rsv(void)
 	INFO("rpi3: Reserved 0x%llx - 0x%llx in DTB\n", SEC_SRAM_BASE,
 	     SEC_SRAM_BASE + SEC_SRAM_SIZE);
 }
+#endif
 
 void bl31_platform_setup(void)
 {