diff --git a/src/rules/no-unused-modules.js b/src/rules/no-unused-modules.js
index 60416d21cd..74611e6cc5 100644
--- a/src/rules/no-unused-modules.js
+++ b/src/rules/no-unused-modules.js
@@ -657,7 +657,7 @@ module.exports = {
             resolvedPath = resolve(astNode.source.raw.replace(/('|")/g, ''), context)
             astNode.specifiers.forEach(specifier => {
               let name
-              if (specifier.exported.name === DEFAULT) {
+              if (specifier.local.name === DEFAULT) {
                 name = IMPORT_DEFAULT_SPECIFIER
               } else {
                 name = specifier.local.name
diff --git a/tests/files/no-unused-modules/renameDefault/Component.js b/tests/files/no-unused-modules/renameDefault/Component.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c6be8faf00
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/files/no-unused-modules/renameDefault/Component.js
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export default function Component() {}
diff --git a/tests/files/no-unused-modules/renameDefault/components.js b/tests/files/no-unused-modules/renameDefault/components.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4a877cb1f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/files/no-unused-modules/renameDefault/components.js
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export { default as Component } from './Component'
diff --git a/tests/files/no-unused-modules/renameDefault/usage.js b/tests/files/no-unused-modules/renameDefault/usage.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6ee988988b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/files/no-unused-modules/renameDefault/usage.js
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+import { Component } from './components'
diff --git a/tests/src/rules/no-unused-modules.js b/tests/src/rules/no-unused-modules.js
index d409e41ed7..10bdeae245 100644
--- a/tests/src/rules/no-unused-modules.js
+++ b/tests/src/rules/no-unused-modules.js
@@ -217,6 +217,19 @@ ruleTester.run('no-unused-modules', rule, {
   invalid: [],
 })
 
+// test for running in specific order with renaming default
+ruleTester.run('no-unused-modules', rule, {
+  valid: [
+    test({ options: unusedExportsOptions,
+      code: 'export { default as Component } from "./Component"',
+      filename: testFilePath('./no-unused-modules/renameDefault/components.js')}),
+    test({ options: unusedExportsOptions,
+      code: 'export default function Component() {}',
+      filename: testFilePath('./no-unused-modules/renameDefault/Component.js')}),
+    ],
+  invalid: [],
+})
+
 // add named import for file with default export
 ruleTester.run('no-unused-modules', rule, {
   valid: [