diff --git a/pylint/checkers/utils.py b/pylint/checkers/utils.py
index be4c879fe3..79be96e725 100644
--- a/pylint/checkers/utils.py
+++ b/pylint/checkers/utils.py
@@ -2147,7 +2147,13 @@ def is_augmented_assign(node: nodes.Assign) -> tuple[bool, str]:
         binop.op in COMMUTATIVE_OPERATORS
         and _is_target_name_in_binop_side(target, binop.right)
     ):
-        inferred_left = safe_infer(binop.left)
+        if isinstance(binop.left, nodes.Const):
+            # This bizarrely became necessary after an unrelated call to igetattr().
+            # Seems like a code smell uncovered in #10212.
+            # tuple(node.frame().igetattr(node.name))
+            inferred_left = binop.left
+        else:
+            inferred_left = safe_infer(binop.left)
         if isinstance(inferred_left, nodes.Const) and isinstance(
             inferred_left.value, int
         ):