diff -Nru lm_sensors-3.3.1.orig/prog/detect/sensors-detect lm_sensors-3.3.1/prog/detect/sensors-detect
--- lm_sensors-3.3.1.orig/prog/detect/sensors-detect	2011-07-10 21:22:53.000000000 +0200
+++ lm_sensors-3.3.1/prog/detect/sensors-detect	2012-01-06 16:41:53.139801191 +0100
@@ -2472,7 +2472,8 @@
 
 sub initialize_kernel_version
 {
-	`uname -r` =~ /(\d+)\.(\d+)\.(\d+)(.*)/;
+	#Third decimal only for point releases starting with 3.0
+	`uname -r` =~ /(\d+)\.(\d+)(\.(\d+))?(.*)/;
 	@kernel_version = ($1, $2, $3, $4);
 	chomp($kernel_arch = `uname -m`);