diff --git a/cms/static/js/views/modals/edit_xblock.js b/cms/static/js/views/modals/edit_xblock.js
index 3b5a77352e70..b5b69c721b10 100644
--- a/cms/static/js/views/modals/edit_xblock.js
+++ b/cms/static/js/views/modals/edit_xblock.js
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ function($, _, Backbone, gettext, BaseModal, ViewUtils, XBlockViewUtils, XBlockE
         },
 
         createWarningToast: function(upstreamLink) {
+            // xss-lint: disable=javascript-jquery-insertion
             this.$('.modal-header').before(this.loadTemplate('edit-upstream-alert')({
                 upstreamLink: upstreamLink,
             }));