diff --git a/.landscape.yml b/.landscape.yml
index fc03d5a2..67792743 100644
--- a/.landscape.yml
+++ b/.landscape.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 pylint:
     disable:
-        - W0212
+        # We use this a lot (e.g. via document._meta)
+        - protected-access
diff --git a/mongoengine/document.py b/mongoengine/document.py
index 3ad5f655..31f3388d 100644
--- a/mongoengine/document.py
+++ b/mongoengine/document.py
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ class Document(BaseDocument):
                 else:
                     select_dict = {}
                 select_dict['_id'] = object_id
-                shard_key = self.__class__._meta.get('shard_key', tuple())
+                shard_key = self._meta.get('shard_key', tuple())
                 for k in shard_key:
                     path = self._lookup_field(k.split('.'))
                     actual_key = [p.db_field for p in path]