diff --git a/inxi b/inxi
index 8ed50a7..3170fc7 100755
--- a/inxi
+++ b/inxi
@@ -8251,7 +8251,7 @@ get_sensors_data()
 		# for temp1/2 only use temp1/2 if they are null or greater than the last ones
 		$1 ~ /^temp1$/ && $2 ~ /^[ \t]*\+([0-9]+)/ {
 			tempWorking=gensub( /[ \t]+\+([0-9\.]+)(.*)/, "\\1", 1, $2 )
-			if ( temp1 == "" || tempWorking > 0 ) {
+			if ( temp1 == "" || ( tempWorking != "" && tempWorking > 0 ) ) {
 				temp1=tempWorking
 			}
 			tempWorkingUnit=gensub( /[ \t]+\+([0-9\.]+)[ \t°]+([CF])(.*)/, "\\2", 1, $2 )
@@ -8261,7 +8261,7 @@ get_sensors_data()
 		}
 		$1 ~ /^temp2$/ && $2 ~ /^[ \t]*\+([0-9]+)/ {
 			tempWorking=gensub( /[ \t]+\+([0-9\.]+)(.*)/, "\\1", 1, $2 )
-			if ( temp2 == "" || tempWorking > 0 ) {
+			if ( temp2 == "" || ( tempWorking != "" && tempWorking > 0 ) ) {
 				temp2=tempWorking
 			}
 			tempWorkingUnit=gensub( /[ \t]+\+([0-9\.]+)[ \t°]+([CF])(.*)/, "\\2", 1, $2 )
@@ -8272,7 +8272,7 @@ get_sensors_data()
 		# temp3 is only used as an absolute override for systems with all 3 present
 		$1 ~ /^temp3$/ && $2 ~ /^[ \t]*\+([0-9]+)/ {
 			tempWorking=gensub( /[ \t]+\+([0-9\.]+)(.*)/, "\\1", 1, $2 )
-			if ( temp3 == "" || tempWorking > 0 ) {
+			if ( temp3 == "" || ( tempWorking != "" && tempWorking > 0 ) ) {
 				temp3=tempWorking
 			}
 			tempWorkingUnit=gensub( /[ \t]+\+([0-9\.]+)[ \t°]+([CF])(.*)/, "\\2", 1, $2 )
@@ -8284,7 +8284,7 @@ get_sensors_data()
 		# temp on wrapped second line, not handled
 		/^(core0|core 0|Physical id 0)(.*)\+([0-9]+)(.*)[ \t°](C|F)/ && $2 ~ /^[ \t]*\+([0-9]+)/ {
 			tempWorking=gensub( /[ \t]+\+([0-9\.]+)(.*)/, "\\1", 1, $2 )
-			if ( core0Temp == "" || tempWorking > 0 ) {
+			if ( tempWorking != "" && core0Temp == "" && tempWorking > 0 ) {
 				core0Temp=tempWorking
 			}
 			tempWorkingUnit=gensub( /[ \t]+\+([0-9\.]+)[ \t°]+([CF])(.*)/, "\\2", 1, $2 )