diff --git a/LibreHardwareMonitorLib/Hardware/Motherboard/Lpc/LMSensors.cs b/LibreHardwareMonitorLib/Hardware/Motherboard/Lpc/LMSensors.cs
index 5226924..3f80134 100644
--- a/LibreHardwareMonitorLib/Hardware/Motherboard/Lpc/LMSensors.cs
+++ b/LibreHardwareMonitorLib/Hardware/Motherboard/Lpc/LMSensors.cs
@@ -16,17 +16,21 @@ namespace LibreHardwareMonitor.Hardware.Motherboard.Lpc;
 
 internal class LMSensors
 {
-    private readonly List<ISuperIO> _superIOs = new();
+    private const string HwMonPath = "/sys/class/hwmon/";
+    private readonly List<ISuperIO> _superIOs = [];
 
     public LMSensors()
     {
-        foreach (string basePath in Directory.GetDirectories("/sys/class/hwmon/"))
+        if (!Directory.Exists(HwMonPath))
+            return;
+
+        foreach (string basePath in Directory.GetDirectories(HwMonPath))
         {
             foreach (string devicePath in new[] { "/device", string.Empty })
             {
                 string path = basePath + devicePath;
-
                 string name = null;
+
                 try
                 {
                     using StreamReader reader = new(path + "/name");
diff --git a/LibreHardwareMonitorLib/Hardware/SMBios.cs b/LibreHardwareMonitorLib/Hardware/SMBios.cs
index 71a7a0a..0fe5d64 100644
--- a/LibreHardwareMonitorLib/Hardware/SMBios.cs
+++ b/LibreHardwareMonitorLib/Hardware/SMBios.cs
@@ -1324,11 +1324,11 @@ public class SMBios
                 return reader.ReadLine();
             }
 
-            return null;
+            return string.Empty;
         }
         catch
         {
-            return null;
+            return string.Empty;
         }
     }