diff --git a/tests/pylint/runpylint.py b/tests/pylint/runpylint.py
index 3a66d4c59d49..64568bbf6dab 100755
--- a/tests/pylint/runpylint.py
+++ b/tests/pylint/runpylint.py
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ def __init__(self):
 
         self.false_positives = [
             FalsePositive(r"^E1101.*: Instance of 'KickstartSpecificationHandler' has no '.*' member$"),
+            FalsePositive(r"^E1101.*: Class 'Bytes' has no 'new' member$"),
 
             # TODO: BlockDev introspection needs to be added to pylint to handle these
             FalsePositive(r"E1101.*: Instance of 'int' has no 'dasd_is_fba' member"),