diff --git a/tuf/api/metadata.py b/tuf/api/metadata.py
index 716b585479..21603d9cc3 100644
--- a/tuf/api/metadata.py
+++ b/tuf/api/metadata.py
@@ -289,8 +289,11 @@ def from_dict(cls, signed_dict: JsonDict) -> 'Signed':
 
         # Create empty object with default or parametrized constructor with
         # default arguments.
-        obj = cls()
-        obj._type = signed_dict['_type']
+        # Warnings about rules E1120 and W0212 are not relevant here because
+        # cls is most likely a child class of "Signed" and we need to setup
+        # the appropriate fields.
+        obj = cls() # pylint: disable=E1120
+        obj._type = signed_dict['_type'] # pylint: disable=W0212
         obj.version = signed_dict['version']
         obj.spec_version = signed_dict['spec_version']
         # Convert 'expires' TUF metadata string to a datetime object, which is
diff --git a/tuf/api/pylintrc b/tuf/api/pylintrc
index a75347f446..afba2a2c32 100644
--- a/tuf/api/pylintrc
+++ b/tuf/api/pylintrc
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [MESSAGE_CONTROL]
-disable=fixme
+disable=fixme,E1101
 
 [FORMAT]
 indent-string="    "