--- a/salt/_compat.py	2022-06-28 01:50:45.630746476 -0000
+++ b/salt/_compat.py	2022-06-28 01:51:52.970217848 -0000
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 if sys.version_info >= (3, 10):
     # Python 3.10 will include a fix in importlib.metadata which allows us to
     # get the distribution of a loaded entry-point
-    import importlib.metadata  # pylint: disable=no-member,no-name-in-module
+    import importlib.metadata as importlib_metadata  # pylint: disable=no-member,no-name-in-module
 else:
     # importlib_metadata before version 3.3.0 does not include the functionality we need.
     try: