diff --git a/homeassistant/components/mqtt/client.py b/homeassistant/components/mqtt/client.py
index e6e4bb52049..0261512fe99 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/mqtt/client.py
+++ b/homeassistant/components/mqtt/client.py
@@ -548,7 +548,7 @@ class MQTT:
             # Remove this once
             # https://github.com/eclipse/paho.mqtt.python/pull/843
             # is available.
-            sock = sock._socket  # noqa: SLF001
+            sock = sock._socket  # pylint: disable=protected-access
 
         new_buffer_size = PREFERRED_BUFFER_SIZE
         while True: