diff --git a/asyncpg/protocol/settings.pyx b/asyncpg/protocol/settings.pyx
index 6121fce4..9ab32f39 100644
--- a/asyncpg/protocol/settings.pyx
+++ b/asyncpg/protocol/settings.pyx
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ cdef class ConnectionSettings(pgproto.CodecContext):
             except KeyError:
                 raise AttributeError(name) from None
 
-        return object.__getattr__(self, name)
+        return object.__getattribute__(self, name)
 
     def __repr__(self):
         return '<ConnectionSettings {!r}>'.format(self._settings)