From 84413edd58856384b9edf73dd4ceb2690ef4354d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Arne <arecknag@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2020 17:03:50 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix for #7516

---
 sphinx/ext/autodoc/__init__.py | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/sphinx/ext/autodoc/__init__.py b/sphinx/ext/autodoc/__init__.py
index 3c1f23bf1f..855b86d876 100644
--- a/sphinx/ext/autodoc/__init__.py
+++ b/sphinx/ext/autodoc/__init__.py
@@ -578,9 +578,9 @@ class Documenter:
                 isprivate = membername.startswith('_')
 
             keep = False
-            if getattr(member, '__sphinx_mock__', False):
+            if safe_getattr(member, '__sphinx_mock__', False):
                 # mocked module or object
-                keep = False
+                pass
             elif want_all and membername.startswith('__') and \
                     membername.endswith('__') and len(membername) > 4:
                 # special __methods__