diff --git a/prog/detect/sensors-detect b/prog/detect/sensors-detect
index 910d0d6f..962e4071 100755
--- a/prog/detect/sensors-detect
+++ b/prog/detect/sensors-detect
@@ -3033,7 +3033,7 @@ sub main
 #
 EOT
       print SYSCONFIG
-       "# Generated by sensors-detect on " . scalar localtime . "\n";
+       "# Generated by sensors-detect on " . scalar localtime() . "\n";
       my @modules = grep /^modprobe /, split "\n", $modprobes;
       my $i = 1;
       my $sysconfig = "";