diff --git a/mypy/util.py b/mypy/util.py
index d3f49f74bbae..d7ff2a367fa2 100644
--- a/mypy/util.py
+++ b/mypy/util.py
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ def is_dunder(name: str, exclude_special: bool = False) -> bool:
 
 
 def is_sunder(name: str) -> bool:
-    return not is_dunder(name) and name.startswith("_") and name.endswith("_")
+    return not is_dunder(name) and name.startswith("_") and name.endswith("_") and name != "_"
 
 
 def split_module_names(mod_name: str) -> list[str]:
diff --git a/test-data/unit/check-enum.test b/test-data/unit/check-enum.test
index 1a07e4527527..1ab8109eda75 100644
--- a/test-data/unit/check-enum.test
+++ b/test-data/unit/check-enum.test
@@ -2524,3 +2524,18 @@ class Base:
         self.o = Enum("o", names)  # E: Enum type as attribute is not supported \
                                    # E: Second argument of Enum() must be string, tuple, list or dict literal for mypy to determine Enum members
 [builtins fixtures/tuple.pyi]
+
+[case testSingleUnderscoreNameEnumMember]
+# flags: --warn-unreachable
+
+# https://github.com/python/mypy/issues/19271
+from enum import Enum
+
+class Things(Enum):
+    _ = "under score"
+
+def check(thing: Things) -> None:
+    if thing is Things._:
+        return None
+    return None  # E: Statement is unreachable
+[builtins fixtures/enum.pyi]