diff --git a/mypy.ini b/mypy.ini
index ddfa9885e3351..483fc78ca9cc3 100644
--- a/mypy.ini
+++ b/mypy.ini
@@ -164,9 +164,6 @@ ignore_errors=True
 [mypy-pandas.io.pytables]
 ignore_errors=True
 
-[mypy-pandas.io.stata]
-ignore_errors=True
-
 [mypy-pandas.util._doctools]
 ignore_errors=True
 
diff --git a/pandas/io/stata.py b/pandas/io/stata.py
index 7bc6f267d094e..5b186afdfdb3e 100644
--- a/pandas/io/stata.py
+++ b/pandas/io/stata.py
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
 import numpy as np
 
 from pandas._libs.lib import infer_dtype
-from pandas._libs.tslibs import NaT, Timestamp
 from pandas._libs.writers import max_len_string_array
 from pandas.compat import lmap, lrange, lzip
 from pandas.util._decorators import Appender, deprecate_kwarg
@@ -31,8 +30,8 @@
     ensure_object, is_categorical_dtype, is_datetime64_dtype)
 
 from pandas import (
-    DatetimeIndex, compat, concat, isna, to_datetime, to_timedelta)
-from pandas.core.arrays import Categorical
+    Categorical, DatetimeIndex, NaT, Timestamp, compat, concat, isna,
+    to_datetime, to_timedelta)
 from pandas.core.base import StringMixin
 from pandas.core.frame import DataFrame
 from pandas.core.series import Series
@@ -1050,7 +1049,7 @@ def _read_new_header(self, first_char):
 
         self.nobs = self._get_nobs()
         self.path_or_buf.read(11)  # </N><label>
-        self.data_label = self._get_data_label()
+        self._data_label = self._get_data_label()
         self.path_or_buf.read(19)  # </label><timestamp>
         self.time_stamp = self._get_time_stamp()
         self.path_or_buf.read(26)  # </timestamp></header><map>
@@ -1237,7 +1236,7 @@ def _read_old_header(self, first_char):
                                   self.path_or_buf.read(2))[0]
         self.nobs = self._get_nobs()
 
-        self.data_label = self._get_data_label()
+        self._data_label = self._get_data_label()
 
         self.time_stamp = self._get_time_stamp()
 
@@ -1740,11 +1739,12 @@ def _do_convert_categoricals(self, data, value_label_dict, lbllist,
         data = DataFrame.from_dict(OrderedDict(cat_converted_data))
         return data
 
+    @property
     def data_label(self):
         """
         Return data label of Stata file.
         """
-        return self.data_label
+        return self._data_label
 
     def variable_labels(self):
         """