diff --git a/lib/rules/no-restricted-imports.js b/lib/rules/no-restricted-imports.js
index bed9c2432a5..ec0696f99a2 100644
--- a/lib/rules/no-restricted-imports.js
+++ b/lib/rules/no-restricted-imports.js
@@ -72,14 +72,14 @@ module.exports = {
                 arrayOfStringsOrObjects,
                 {
                     type: "array",
-                    items: {
+                    items: [{
                         type: "object",
                         properties: {
                             paths: arrayOfStringsOrObjects,
                             patterns: arrayOfStrings
                         },
                         additionalProperties: false
-                    },
+                    }],
                     additionalItems: false
                 }
             ]
diff --git a/tests/lib/rules/no-restricted-imports.js b/tests/lib/rules/no-restricted-imports.js
index ac97bc137db..15ee089b28b 100644
--- a/tests/lib/rules/no-restricted-imports.js
+++ b/tests/lib/rules/no-restricted-imports.js
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ const ruleTester = new RuleTester({ parserOptions: { ecmaVersion: 6, sourceType:
 
 ruleTester.run("no-restricted-imports", rule, {
     valid: [
+        "import os from \"os\";",
         { code: "import os from \"os\";", options: ["osx"] },
         { code: "import fs from \"fs\";", options: ["crypto"] },
         { code: "import path from \"path\";", options: ["crypto", "stream", "os"] },