diff --git a/avocado/core/runner.py b/avocado/core/runner.py
index a5324716387c2e267634a23f020660101c5372ce..410a35f981c81d1ebea1753358605f854106318e 100644
--- a/avocado/core/runner.py
+++ b/avocado/core/runner.py
@@ -584,7 +584,7 @@ class TestRunner(object):
             ctx = multiprocessing.get_context('spawn')
             queue = queues.SimpleQueue(ctx=ctx)     # pylint: disable=E1123
         else:
-            queue = queues.SimpleQueue()
+            queue = queues.SimpleQueue()     # pylint: disable=E1125
 
         if timeout > 0:
             deadline = time.time() + timeout