Index: lib/sysfs.c
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--- lib/sysfs.c.orig
+++ lib/sysfs.c
@@ -593,7 +593,7 @@ static int sensors_add_hwmon_device(cons
 	snprintf(linkpath, NAME_MAX, "%s/device", path);
 	dev_len = readlink(linkpath, device, NAME_MAX - 1);
 	if (dev_len < 0)
-		return -SENSORS_ERR_KERNEL;
+		return 0;
 	device[dev_len] = '\0';
 	device_p = strrchr(device, '/') + 1;