diff --git a/packages/eslint-plugin/src/rules/explicit-member-accessibility.ts b/packages/eslint-plugin/src/rules/explicit-member-accessibility.ts
index dc549fc1411..8a8446ec0af 100644
--- a/packages/eslint-plugin/src/rules/explicit-member-accessibility.ts
+++ b/packages/eslint-plugin/src/rules/explicit-member-accessibility.ts
@@ -214,6 +214,10 @@ export default util.createRule<Options, MessageIds>({
         | TSESTree.PropertyDefinition
         | TSESTree.TSAbstractPropertyDefinition,
     ): void {
+      if (propertyDefinition.key.type === AST_NODE_TYPES.PrivateIdentifier) {
+        return;
+      }
+
       const nodeType = 'class property';
 
       const { name: propertyName } = util.getNameFromMember(
diff --git a/packages/eslint-plugin/tests/rules/explicit-member-accessibility.test.ts b/packages/eslint-plugin/tests/rules/explicit-member-accessibility.test.ts
index 4f2951c6d91..2c3a5a86eb7 100644
--- a/packages/eslint-plugin/tests/rules/explicit-member-accessibility.test.ts
+++ b/packages/eslint-plugin/tests/rules/explicit-member-accessibility.test.ts
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ class Test {
   #bar() {}
 }
       `,
-      options: [{ accessibility: 'no-public' }],
+      options: [{ accessibility: 'explicit' }],
     },
   ],
   invalid: [