diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index ab3b3f817ee3e..f9a44222413fb 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ notifications:
 
 env:
   matrix:
+  - BUILD_TYPE=checkpatch
+  - BUILD_TYPE=dtb_build_test
   - DEFCONFIG_NAME=zynq_xcomm_adv7511_defconfig ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=arm-linux-gnueabihf-
     DTS_FILES=arch/arm/boot/dts/zynq-*.dts IMAGE=uImage
   - DEFCONFIG_NAME=zynq_pluto_defconfig ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=arm-linux-gnueabihf-
@@ -18,8 +20,8 @@ env:
     DTS_FILES=arch/arm/boot/dts/zynq-*.dts IMAGE=uImage
   - DEFCONFIG_NAME=adi_zynqmp_defconfig ARCH=arm64 CROSS_COMPILE=aarch64-linux-gnu-
     DTS_FILES=arch/arm64/boot/dts/xilinx/zynqmp-*.dts DTS_PREFIX=xilinx/ IMAGE=Image
-  - COMPILE_TEST=y DEFCONFIG_NAME=zynq_xcomm_adv7511_defconfig ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=arm-linux-gnueabihf-
-  - COMPILE_TEST=y DEFCONFIG_NAME=adi_zynqmp_defconfig ARCH=arm64 CROSS_COMPILE=aarch64-linux-gnu-
+  - BUILD_TYPE=compile_test DEFCONFIG_NAME=zynq_xcomm_adv7511_defconfig ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=arm-linux-gnueabihf-
+  - BUILD_TYPE=compile_test DEFCONFIG_NAME=adi_zynqmp_defconfig ARCH=arm64 CROSS_COMPILE=aarch64-linux-gnu-
 
 before_install:
   - sudo apt-get update -qq
diff --git a/ci/travis/run-build.sh b/ci/travis/run-build.sh
index c72da48bcf54b..eed54a45dfebe 100755
--- a/ci/travis/run-build.sh
+++ b/ci/travis/run-build.sh
@@ -2,19 +2,21 @@
 set -xe
 
 build_default() {
-	if [ -n "$TRAVIS_BRANCH" ]; then
-		git fetch origin +refs/heads/${TRAVIS_BRANCH}:${TRAVIS_BRANCH}
-	fi
-
-	COMMIT_RANGE=$([ "$TRAVIS_PULL_REQUEST" == "false" ] &&  echo HEAD || echo ${TRAVIS_BRANCH}..)
-
 	make ${DEFCONFIG_NAME}
 	make -j`getconf _NPROCESSORS_ONLN` $IMAGE UIMAGE_LOADADDR=0x8000
+}
 
-	for file in $DTS_FILES; do
-		make ${DTS_PREFIX}`basename $file | sed  -e 's\dts\dtb\g'` || exit 1
-	done
+build_compile_test() {
+	export COMPILE_TEST=y
+	make ${DEFCONFIG_NAME}
+	make -j`getconf _NPROCESSORS_ONLN`
+}
 
+build_checkpatch() {
+	if [ -n "$TRAVIS_BRANCH" ]; then
+		git fetch origin +refs/heads/${TRAVIS_BRANCH}:${TRAVIS_BRANCH}
+	fi
+	COMMIT_RANGE=$([ "$TRAVIS_PULL_REQUEST" == "false" ] &&  echo HEAD || echo ${TRAVIS_BRANCH}..)
 	scripts/checkpatch.pl --git ${COMMIT_RANGE} \
 		--ignore FILE_PATH_CHANGES \
 		--ignore LONG_LINE \
@@ -22,15 +24,12 @@ build_default() {
 		--ignore LONG_LINE_COMMENT
 }
 
-build_compile_test() {
-	make ${DEFCONFIG_NAME}
-	make -j`getconf _NPROCESSORS_ONLN`
+build_dtb_build_test() {
+	for file in $DTS_FILES; do
+		make ${DTS_PREFIX}`basename $file | sed  -e 's\dts\dtb\g'` || exit 1
+	done
 }
 
-BUILD_TYPE=default
-
-if [ "$COMPILE_TEST" == "y" ] ; then
-	BUILD_TYPE=compile_test
-fi
+BUILD_TYPE=${BUILD_TYPE:-default}
 
 build_${BUILD_TYPE}