diff --git a/qiskit/circuit/quantumcircuitdata.py b/qiskit/circuit/quantumcircuitdata.py
index 2d192c77bf05..b3930cfb4a7c 100644
--- a/qiskit/circuit/quantumcircuitdata.py
+++ b/qiskit/circuit/quantumcircuitdata.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 from collections.abc import MutableSequence
 
 import qiskit._accelerate.circuit
-from qiskit._accelerate.circuit import CircuitInstruction
+from qiskit._accelerate.circuit import CircuitInstruction  # pylint: disable=unused-import
 
 from .exceptions import CircuitError
 from .instruction import Instruction