diff --git a/mlflow/recipes/cards/__init__.py b/mlflow/recipes/cards/__init__.py
index ad3e0262fbcce..1a48318bd8110 100644
--- a/mlflow/recipes/cards/__init__.py
+++ b/mlflow/recipes/cards/__init__.py
@@ -237,9 +237,10 @@ def render_table(table, columns=None, hide_index=True):
             in the output HTML table.
         :param hide_index: Hide index column when rendering.
         """
+        import html
+
         import pandas as pd
         from pandas.io.formats.style import Styler
-        import html
 
         if not isinstance(table, Styler):
             table = pd.DataFrame(table, columns=columns)