diff --git a/.pylintrc b/.pylintrc
index 628a6b03..7f120c1d 100644
--- a/.pylintrc
+++ b/.pylintrc
@@ -381,7 +381,6 @@ disable=raw-checker-failed,
         # To clean up:
         abstract-method,
         arguments-differ,
-        consider-using-max-builtin,
         consider-using-with,
         fixme,
         import-error,  # TODO figure out why pylint cannot find the module
diff --git a/plugins/module_utils/_swarm.py b/plugins/module_utils/_swarm.py
index c83b11c0..d5c0c0db 100644
--- a/plugins/module_utils/_swarm.py
+++ b/plugins/module_utils/_swarm.py
@@ -138,8 +138,7 @@ class AnsibleDockerSwarmClient(AnsibleDockerClient):
             True if node is part of swarm but its state is down, False otherwise
         """
 
-        if repeat_check < 1:
-            repeat_check = 1
+        repeat_check = max(1, repeat_check)
 
         if node_id is None:
             node_id = self.get_swarm_node_id()