--- xfce4-sensors-plugin-1.2.3.orig/lib/hddtemp.c
+++ xfce4-sensors-plugin-1.2.3/lib/hddtemp.c
@@ -421,7 +421,7 @@ initialize_hddtemp (GPtrArray *chips, gb
 #ifdef HAVE_NETCAT
     read_disks_netcat (chip);
 #else
-    if (strcmp(p_uname->sysname, "Linux")==0 && major>=5)
+    if (strcmp(p_uname->sysname, "Linux")==0 && (generation>=2 || (generation==2 && major>=5)))
         read_disks_linux26 (chip);
     else
         read_disks_fallback (chip); /* hopefully, that's a safe variant */