diff --git a/target/linux/apm821xx/dts/netgear-wndr4700.dts b/target/linux/apm821xx/dts/netgear-wndr4700.dts
index 96cf97c45c..4a252cf0b8 100644
--- a/target/linux/apm821xx/dts/netgear-wndr4700.dts
+++ b/target/linux/apm821xx/dts/netgear-wndr4700.dts
@@ -160,75 +160,79 @@
 			#address-cells = <1>;
 			#size-cells = <1>;
 
-			partition0,0@0x00000000 {
+			partition0,0@0 {
 				label = "NAND 128MiB 3,3V 8-bit";
 				reg = <0x00000000 0x08000000>;
 				read-only;
 			};
 
-			partition0,1@0x00000000 {
+			partition0,1@0 {
 				label = "uboot";
 				reg = <0x00000000 0x00180000>;
 				read-only;
 			};
 
-			partition0,2@0x00180000 {
+			partition0,2@180000 {
 				label = "device-tree";
 				reg = <0x00180000 0x00020000>;
 			};
 
-			partition0,3@0x001a0000 {
+			partition0,3@180000 {
 				label = "kernel";
-				reg = <0x001a0000 0x001e0000>;
+				reg = <0x00180000 0x00380000>;
 				/*
-				 * will also contain a fake/empty
-				 * rootfs to fool Netgear's uboot
-				 * rootfs integrety checks.
+				 * device-tree is @ 0x00180000 - 0x001fffff
+				 * kernel starts from 0x200000.
+				 * this is coded into netgear's u-boot.
+				 *
+				 * this partition will also contain a
+				 * fake/empty rootfs at the end to fool
+				 * Netgear's uboot rootfs integrety checks.
 				 */
 			};
 
-			partition0,4@0x00380000 {
+			partition0,4@500000 {
 				label = "ubi";
-				reg = <0x00380000 0x01660000>;
+				reg = <0x00500000 0x014e0000>;
 			};
 
-			partition0,5@0x019e0000 {
+			partition0,5@19e0000 {
 				label = "config";
 				reg = <0x019e0000 0x00080000>;
 				read-only;
 			};
 
-			partition0,6@0x01a60000 {
+			partition0,6@1a60000 {
 				label = "pot";
 				reg = <0x01a60000 0x00080000>;
 				read-only;
 			};
 
-			partition0,7@0x01ae0000 {
+			partition0,7@1ae0000 {
 				label = "traffic_meter";
 				reg = <0x01ae0000 0x00300000>;
 				read-only;
 			};
 
-			partition0,8@0x01de0000 {
+			partition0,8@1de0000 {
 				label = "language";
 				reg = <0x01de0000 0x001c0000>;
 				read-only;
 			};
 
-			partition0,9@0x01fa0000 {
+			partition0,9@1fa0000 {
 				label = "ecos";
 				reg = <0x01fa0000 0x06020000>;
 				read-only;
 			};
 
-			partition0,10@0x07fc0000 {
+			partition0,10@7fc0000 {
 				label = "wifi_data";
 				reg = <0x07fc0000 0x00040000>;
 				read-only;
 			};
 
-			partition0,11@0x00180000 {
+			partition0,11@180000 {
 				label = "firmware";
 				reg = <0x00180000 0x01860000>;
 				read-only;
diff --git a/target/linux/apm821xx/image/Makefile b/target/linux/apm821xx/image/Makefile
index 4e6b6e4995..4cfbea4cbd 100644
--- a/target/linux/apm821xx/image/Makefile
+++ b/target/linux/apm821xx/image/Makefile
@@ -21,6 +21,11 @@ define Build/dtb
 	$(call Image/BuildDTB,../dts/$(DEVICE_DTS).dts,$@.dtb,,--space $(DTB_SIZE))
 endef
 
+define Build/prepend-dtb
+	cat "$@.dtb.uimage" "$@" > "$@.new"
+	mv "$@.new" "$@"
+endef
+
 define Build/export-dtb
 	cp $(IMAGE_KERNEL).dtb $@
 endef
@@ -115,8 +120,7 @@ define Build/create-uImage-dtb
 	-$(STAGING_DIR_HOST)/bin/mkimage -A $(LINUX_KARCH) \
 		-O linux -T kernel -C none \
 		-n '$(call toupper,$(LINUX_KARCH)) $(VERSION_DIST) Linux-$(LINUX_VERSION)' \
-		-d $(IMAGE_KERNEL).dtb $@.new
-	@mv $@.new $@
+		-d "$@.dtb" "$@.dtb.uimage"
 endef
 
 define Build/MuImage-initramfs
@@ -163,11 +167,13 @@ define Device/netgear_wndr4700
   DTB_SIZE := 131008
   IMAGE_SIZE := 24960k
   IMAGES := factory.img sysupgrade.tar kernel.dtb
-  KERNEL_SIZE := 1920k
-  KERNEL := dtb | kernel-bin | lzma | uImage lzma | pad-offset $$(BLOCKSIZE) 64 | \
-	  append-uImage-fakeroot-hdr
+  KERNEL_SIZE := 3584k
+  # append a fake/empty rootfs to fool netgear's uboot
+  # CHECK_DNI_FIRMWARE_ROOTFS_INTEGRITY in do_chk_dniimg()
+  KERNEL := kernel-bin | lzma | uImage lzma | pad-offset $$(BLOCKSIZE) 64 | \
+	    append-uImage-fakeroot-hdr | dtb | create-uImage-dtb | prepend-dtb
   KERNEL_INITRAMFS := kernel-bin | gzip | dtb | MuImage-initramfs gzip
-  IMAGE/factory.img := create-uImage-dtb | append-kernel | pad-to 2M | append-ubi | \
+  IMAGE/factory.img := append-kernel | pad-to $$$$(KERNEL_SIZE) | append-ubi | \
 		       netgear-dni | check-size $$$$(IMAGE_SIZE)
   IMAGE/sysupgrade.tar := sysupgrade-tar | append-metadata
   IMAGE/kernel.dtb := export-dtb | uImage none