diff --git a/clippy_lints/src/assigning_clones.rs b/clippy_lints/src/assigning_clones.rs
index 9202c46e8b6b..e94a6f3e3fc5 100644
--- a/clippy_lints/src/assigning_clones.rs
+++ b/clippy_lints/src/assigning_clones.rs
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
     /// ```
     #[clippy::version = "1.78.0"]
     pub ASSIGNING_CLONES,
-    perf,
+    pedantic,
     "assigning the result of cloning may be inefficient"
 }