diff --git a/scripts/check_for_inconsistent_pandas_namespace.py b/scripts/check_for_inconsistent_pandas_namespace.py
index 87070e819b4a0..84eb8da3bce6c 100644
--- a/scripts/check_for_inconsistent_pandas_namespace.py
+++ b/scripts/check_for_inconsistent_pandas_namespace.py
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 EXCLUDE = {
     "array",  # `import array` and `pd.array` should both be allowed
     "eval",  # built-in, different from `pd.eval`
+    "io",  # built-in, different from `pd.io`
     "np",  # pd.np is deprecated but still tested
 }
 Offset = Tuple[int, int]