diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 0ad18ce9..01d0b0a5 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ SVN-HEAD
 	   - Make functions more robust
 	   - Remove unused return value
 	   - Make CGI script more XHTML compatible
+  sensors: Fix iconv-related build warning in set_degstr
   sensors-detect: Refer to tmp401 driver if TMP411 is detected
                   Clean up the discovery of i2c adapters
                   Report unsupported Access Bus adapters
diff --git a/prog/sensors/main.c b/prog/sensors/main.c
index 7321a4b4..4d3a1dd3 100644
--- a/prog/sensors/main.c
+++ b/prog/sensors/main.c
@@ -125,15 +125,16 @@ static void set_degstr(void)
 	/* Size hardcoded for better performance.
 	   Don't forget to count the trailing \0! */
 	size_t deg_latin1_size = 3;
-	char *deg_latin1_text[2] = { "\260C", "\260F" };
+	char deg_latin1_text[2][3] = { "\260C", "\260F" };
+	char *deg_latin1_ptr = deg_latin1_text[fahrenheit];
 	size_t nconv;
 	size_t degstr_size = sizeof(degstr);
 	char *degstr_ptr = degstr;
 
 	iconv_t cd = iconv_open(nl_langinfo(CODESET), "ISO-8859-1");
 	if (cd != (iconv_t) -1) {
-		nconv = iconv(cd, &(deg_latin1_text[fahrenheit]),
-			      &deg_latin1_size, &degstr_ptr, &degstr_size);
+		nconv = iconv(cd, &deg_latin1_ptr, &deg_latin1_size,
+			      &degstr_ptr, &degstr_size);
 		iconv_close(cd);
 
 		if (nconv != (size_t) -1)