diff --git a/daemons/ganeti-confd b/daemons/ganeti-confd
index b7198d09f5f8a4557edb1fbea4f1d5d81b3b5959..d19bfad0618d79187b0699faf3e8947b44a58b99 100755
--- a/daemons/ganeti-confd
+++ b/daemons/ganeti-confd
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ class ConfdInotifyEventHandler(pyinotify.ProcessEvent):
     @param filename: config file to watch
 
     """
+    # pylint: disable-msg=W0231
     # no need to call the parent's constructor
     self.watch_manager = watch_manager
     self.callback = callback