diff --git a/salt/modules/boto_asg.py b/salt/modules/boto_asg.py
index dfc0594d4f..47d2b32f40 100644
--- a/salt/modules/boto_asg.py
+++ b/salt/modules/boto_asg.py
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ try:
     import boto.ec2.blockdevicemapping as blockdevicemapping
     import boto.ec2.autoscale as autoscale
     logging.getLogger('boto').setLevel(logging.CRITICAL)
-    import boto3
+    import boto3  # pylint: disable=import-error
     from botocore.exceptions import ClientError
     logging.getLogger('boto3').setLevel(logging.CRITICAL)
     HAS_BOTO = True