diff --git a/scripts/dtc/dtc-lexer.l b/scripts/dtc/dtc-lexer.l
index fd825ebba69..f57c9a7e83a 100644
--- a/scripts/dtc/dtc-lexer.l
+++ b/scripts/dtc/dtc-lexer.l
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ LINECOMMENT	"//".*\n
 #include "srcpos.h"
 #include "dtc-parser.tab.h"
 
-YYLTYPE yylloc;
+extern YYLTYPE yylloc;
 extern bool treesource_error;
 
 /* CAUTION: this will stop working if we ever use yyless() or yyunput() */
diff --git a/scripts/dtc/dtc-lexer.lex.c_shipped b/scripts/dtc/dtc-lexer.lex.c_shipped
index 011bb9632ff..c3b631631cb 100644
--- a/scripts/dtc/dtc-lexer.lex.c_shipped
+++ b/scripts/dtc/dtc-lexer.lex.c_shipped
@@ -631,7 +631,7 @@ char *yytext;
 #include "srcpos.h"
 #include "dtc-parser.tab.h"
 
-YYLTYPE yylloc;
+extern YYLTYPE yylloc;
 extern bool treesource_error;
 
 /* CAUTION: this will stop working if we ever use yyless() or yyunput() */