diff --git a/scripts/dtc/dt-extract-compatibles b/scripts/dtc/dt-extract-compatibles
index bd07477dd144..5ffb2364409b 100755
--- a/scripts/dtc/dt-extract-compatibles
+++ b/scripts/dtc/dt-extract-compatibles
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 
+import fnmatch
 import os
-import glob
 import re
 import argparse
 
@@ -81,10 +81,20 @@ def print_compat(filename, compatibles):
 	else:
 		print(*compatibles, sep='\n')
 
+def glob_without_symlinks(root, glob):
+	for path, dirs, files in os.walk(root):
+		# Ignore hidden directories
+		for d in dirs:
+			if fnmatch.fnmatch(d, ".*"):
+				dirs.remove(d)
+		for f in files:
+			if fnmatch.fnmatch(f, glob):
+				yield os.path.join(path, f)
+
 def files_to_parse(path_args):
 	for f in path_args:
 		if os.path.isdir(f):
-			for filename in glob.iglob(f + "/**/*.c", recursive=True):
+			for filename in glob_without_symlinks(f, "*.c"):
 				yield filename
 		else:
 			yield f