diff --git a/scripts/qapi/pylintrc b/scripts/qapi/pylintrc
index 88efbf71cb..c5275d5f59 100644
--- a/scripts/qapi/pylintrc
+++ b/scripts/qapi/pylintrc
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ good-names=i,
            _,
            fp,  # fp = open(...)
            fd,  # fd = os.open(...)
+           ch,
 
 [VARIABLES]