diff --git a/tests/backups/test_manager.py b/tests/backups/test_manager.py
index d92cfc09a1c..1eb4f6723ba 100644
--- a/tests/backups/test_manager.py
+++ b/tests/backups/test_manager.py
@@ -1735,7 +1735,7 @@ async def test_backup_remove_error(
 ):
     """Test removing a backup error."""
     location: LOCATION_TYPE = backup_locations[0]
-    backup_base_path = coresys.backups._get_base_path(location)
+    backup_base_path = coresys.backups._get_base_path(location)  # pylint: disable=protected-access
     backup_base_path.mkdir(exist_ok=True)
     copy(get_fixture_path("backup_example.tar"), backup_base_path)