diff --git a/HISTORY.rst b/HISTORY.rst
index c58c8506c..edf1078ec 100644
--- a/HISTORY.rst
+++ b/HISTORY.rst
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ XXXX-XX-XX
 - 1216_: fix compatibility with python 2.6 on Windows (patch by Dan Vinakovsky)
 - 1240_: [Windows] cpu_times() float loses accuracy in a long running system.
   (patch by stswandering)
+- 1245_: [Linux] sensors_temperatures() may fail with IOError "no such file".
 
 5.4.3
 =====
diff --git a/psutil/_pslinux.py b/psutil/_pslinux.py
index b57adb34e..a3653f989 100644
--- a/psutil/_pslinux.py
+++ b/psutil/_pslinux.py
@@ -1141,17 +1141,18 @@ def sensors_temperatures():
     for base in basenames:
         try:
             current = float(cat(base + '_input')) / 1000.0
+            unit_name = cat(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(base), 'name'),
+                            binary=False)
         except (IOError, OSError) as err:
             # A lot of things can go wrong here, so let's just skip the
             # whole entry.
             # https://github.com/giampaolo/psutil/issues/1009
             # https://github.com/giampaolo/psutil/issues/1101
             # https://github.com/giampaolo/psutil/issues/1129
+            # https://github.com/giampaolo/psutil/issues/1245
             warnings.warn("ignoring %r" % err, RuntimeWarning)
             continue
 
-        unit_name = cat(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(base), 'name'),
-                        binary=False)
         high = cat(base + '_max', fallback=None)
         critical = cat(base + '_crit', fallback=None)
         label = cat(base + '_label', fallback='', binary=False)