diff --git a/src/python/grpcio/grpc/__init__.py b/src/python/grpcio/grpc/__init__.py
index 5fddd24ada7..3566c382343 100644
--- a/src/python/grpcio/grpc/__init__.py
+++ b/src/python/grpcio/grpc/__init__.py
@@ -2038,7 +2038,7 @@ class Compression(enum.IntEnum):
     Gzip = _compression.Gzip
 
 
-from grpc._runtime_protos import protos, services, protos_and_services
+from grpc._runtime_protos import protos, services, protos_and_services  # pylint: disable=wrong-import-position
 
 ###################################  __all__  #################################