diff --git a/.pylintrc b/.pylintrc
index da2081b87e12f048fc0278dfc43785a29e4ded8c..58906806d2dce3efe19a144df3a4ab9f6da28d2a 100644
--- a/.pylintrc
+++ b/.pylintrc
@@ -29,6 +29,5 @@
 #TODO: Enable too-many-return-statements
 #TODO: Enable too-many-nested-blocks
 #TODO: Enable super-init-not-called
-#TODO: Enable no-self-use
 
-disable=missing-docstring,too-few-public-methods,too-many-arguments,no-init,duplicate-code,invalid-name,suppressed-message,locally-disabled,protected-access,no-name-in-module,unused-argument,fixme,wrong-import-order,no-value-for-parameter,cyclic-import,unused-variable,redefined-outer-name,unused-import,too-many-instance-attributes,broad-except,too-many-locals,too-many-lines,redefined-variable-type,next-method-called,import-error,useless-else-on-loop,too-many-return-statements,too-many-nested-blocks,super-init-not-called,no-self-use
+disable=missing-docstring,too-few-public-methods,too-many-arguments,no-init,duplicate-code,invalid-name,suppressed-message,locally-disabled,protected-access,no-name-in-module,unused-argument,fixme,wrong-import-order,no-value-for-parameter,cyclic-import,unused-variable,redefined-outer-name,unused-import,too-many-instance-attributes,broad-except,too-many-locals,too-many-lines,redefined-variable-type,next-method-called,import-error,useless-else-on-loop,too-many-return-statements,too-many-nested-blocks,super-init-not-called
diff --git a/src/python/grpcio/grpc/_auth.py b/src/python/grpcio/grpc/_auth.py
index 21131f85f1712d811c1c54de9b0bee2f57463d94..3e7250e85e456fe52164de25f25c5c1af6dad438 100644
--- a/src/python/grpcio/grpc/_auth.py
+++ b/src/python/grpcio/grpc/_auth.py
@@ -39,6 +39,19 @@ def _sign_request(callback, token, error):
     callback(metadata, error)
 
 
+def _create_get_token_callback(callback):
+
+    def get_token_callback(future):
+        try:
+            access_token = future.result().access_token
+        except Exception as exception:
+            _sign_request(callback, None, exception)
+        else:
+            _sign_request(callback, access_token, None)
+
+    return get_token_callback
+
+
 class GoogleCallCredentials(grpc.AuthMetadataPlugin):
     """Metadata wrapper for GoogleCredentials from the oauth2client library."""
 
@@ -59,16 +72,7 @@ class GoogleCallCredentials(grpc.AuthMetadataPlugin):
                 additional_claims={'aud': context.service_url})
         else:
             future = self._pool.submit(self._credentials.get_access_token)
-        future.add_done_callback(
-            lambda x: self._get_token_callback(callback, x))
-
-    def _get_token_callback(self, callback, future):
-        try:
-            access_token = future.result().access_token
-        except Exception as e:
-            _sign_request(callback, None, e)
-        else:
-            _sign_request(callback, access_token, None)
+        future.add_done_callback(_create_get_token_callback(callback))
 
     def __del__(self):
         self._pool.shutdown(wait=False)