diff --git a/packages/eslint-config-airbnb/rules/style.js b/packages/eslint-config-airbnb/rules/style.js
index d811f8851f..7de677a04e 100644
--- a/packages/eslint-config-airbnb/rules/style.js
+++ b/packages/eslint-config-airbnb/rules/style.js
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ module.exports = {
     // disallow trailing whitespace at the end of lines
     'no-trailing-spaces': 2,
     // disallow dangling underscores in identifiers
-    'no-underscore-dangle': 0,
+    'no-underscore-dangle': [2, { 'allowAfterThis': false }],
     // disallow the use of Boolean literals in conditional expressions
     // also, prefer `a || b` over `a ? a : b`
     // http://eslint.org/docs/rules/no-unneeded-ternary