diff --git a/inxi b/inxi
index c76b7f9..fd3a9d0 100755
--- a/inxi
+++ b/inxi
@@ -2355,7 +2355,7 @@ ls_sys()
 		6)files='/sys/*/*/*/*/*/';; # slows down too much, too big, can cause ls error
 		7)files='/sys/*/*/*/*/*/*/';; # impossibly big, will fail
 	esac
-	ls -l $files | awk '{ 
+	ls -l $files 2>/dev/null | awk '{ 
 		if (NF > 7) {
 			if ($1 ~/^d/){
 				f="d - "