diff --git a/src/driver.rs b/src/driver.rs
index c219c7de830ef..c1ec2bd5bd665 100644
--- a/src/driver.rs
+++ b/src/driver.rs
@@ -94,6 +94,8 @@ struct ClippyCallbacks {
 }
 
 impl rustc_driver::Callbacks for ClippyCallbacks {
+    // JUSTIFICATION: necessary in clippy driver to set `mir_opt_level`
+    #[cfg_attr(not(bootstrap), allow(rustc::bad_opt_access))]
     fn config(&mut self, config: &mut interface::Config) {
         let previous = config.register_lints.take();
         let clippy_args_var = self.clippy_args_var.take();