diff --git a/.pylintrc b/.pylintrc
index cd51cb16750..a44dd1e3b6a 100644
--- a/.pylintrc
+++ b/.pylintrc
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ disable=
  locally-disabled,
 # "E" Error for important programming issues (likely bugs)
  access-member-before-definition,
- bad-super-call,
  no-member,
  no-method-argument,
  no-self-argument,
diff --git a/neutron/plugins/sriovnicagent/pci_lib.py b/neutron/plugins/sriovnicagent/pci_lib.py
index 917ac3eb12e..e8b1df79172 100644
--- a/neutron/plugins/sriovnicagent/pci_lib.py
+++ b/neutron/plugins/sriovnicagent/pci_lib.py
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ class PciDeviceIPWrapper(ip_lib.IPWrapper):
         DISABLE = "disable"
 
     def __init__(self, dev_name):
-        super(ip_lib.IPWrapper, self).__init__()
+        super(PciDeviceIPWrapper, self).__init__()
         self.dev_name = dev_name
 
     def get_assigned_macs(self, vf_list):