diff --git a/homeassistant/components/feedreader/__init__.py b/homeassistant/components/feedreader/__init__.py
index 44ec95f821315..e4ec154620e94 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/feedreader/__init__.py
+++ b/homeassistant/components/feedreader/__init__.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 import pickle
 
 import voluptuous as vol
+import feedparser
 
 from homeassistant.const import EVENT_HOMEASSISTANT_START, CONF_SCAN_INTERVAL
 from homeassistant.helpers.event import track_time_interval
@@ -87,8 +88,6 @@ def last_update_successful(self):
 
     def _update(self):
         """Update the feed and publish new entries to the event bus."""
-        import feedparser
-
         _LOGGER.info("Fetching new data from feed %s", self._url)
         self._feed = feedparser.parse(
             self._url,