diff -u chrony-1.24/sys_linux.c chrony-1.24/sys_linux.c
--- chrony-1.24/sys_linux.c
+++ chrony-1.24/sys_linux.c
@@ -798,12 +798,9 @@
       }
       break;
-    case 3:
-      /* for kernel 3.x: These don't need scaling */
+    default:
+      /* for kernel 3.x+: These don't need scaling */
       freq_scale = 1.0;
       have_readonly_adjtime = 2;
       break;
-    default:
-      LOG_FATAL(LOGF_SysLinux, "Kernel's major version not supported yet, sorry");
-      break;
   }
 
diff -u chrony-1.24/debian/changelog chrony-1.24/debian/changelog
--- chrony-1.24/debian/changelog
+++ chrony-1.24/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+chrony (1.24-3.1+deb7u3+rpi1) wheezy-staging; urgency=low
+
+  * Assume new kernel major versions will behave like 3.x. Linus now bumps
+    the major version arbiterally.
+
+ -- Peter Michael Green <plugwash@raspbian.org>  Sat, 25 Jul 2015 09:45:49 +0000
+
 chrony (1.24-3.1+deb7u3) wheezy-security; urgency=medium
 
   * With the following security bugfixes (See: #782160):