diff --git a/mypy/checker.py b/mypy/checker.py
index 33705c98e10c..fc6c47b8599a 100644
--- a/mypy/checker.py
+++ b/mypy/checker.py
@@ -1696,6 +1696,7 @@ def check_funcdef_item(
             if (
                 defn.info
                 and self.is_reverse_op_method(name)
+                and not defn.info.is_protocol
                 and defn not in self.overload_impl_stack
             ):
                 # TODO: we should use decorated signature for this check.
diff --git a/test-data/unit/check-protocols.test b/test-data/unit/check-protocols.test
index 6e86507eb48d..6f381a19380e 100644
--- a/test-data/unit/check-protocols.test
+++ b/test-data/unit/check-protocols.test
@@ -4809,3 +4809,12 @@ bad_rep(t)  # E: Argument 1 to "bad_rep" has incompatible type "C"; expected "P[
             # N:     Got: \
             # N:         def rep(self) -> C
 [builtins fixtures/tuple.pyi]
+
+[case testProtocolTernaryRpow]
+from typing import Protocol
+
+class PowableProto(Protocol):
+    def __pow__(self, other: "PowableProto", modulo: "PowableProto") -> "PowableProto":
+        ...
+    def __rpow__(self, other: "PowableProto", modulo: "PowableProto") -> "PowableProto":
+        ...