diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9d9c2d01b..495bc3035 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ This change log adheres to standards from [Keep a CHANGELOG](http://keepachangel
 - [`no-unused-modules`]: Revert "[flow] `no-unused-modules`: add flow type support" ([#1770], thanks [@Hypnosphi])
 - TypeScript: Add nested namespace handling ([#1763], thanks [@julien1619])
 - [`namespace`]/`ExportMap`: Fix interface declarations for TypeScript ([#1764], thanks [@julien1619])
+- [`no-unused-modules`]: avoid order-dependence ([#1744], thanks [@darkartur])
 
 ### Changed
 - TypeScript config: Disable [`named`][] ([#1726], thanks [@astorije])
@@ -688,6 +689,7 @@ for info on changes for earlier releases.
 [#1770]: https://github.com/benmosher/eslint-plugin-import/pull/1770
 [#1764]: https://github.com/benmosher/eslint-plugin-import/pull/1764
 [#1763]: https://github.com/benmosher/eslint-plugin-import/pull/1763
+[#1744]: https://github.com/benmosher/eslint-plugin-import/pull/1744
 [#1736]: https://github.com/benmosher/eslint-plugin-import/pull/1736
 [#1726]: https://github.com/benmosher/eslint-plugin-import/pull/1726
 [#1724]: https://github.com/benmosher/eslint-plugin-import/pull/1724
@@ -1174,3 +1176,4 @@ for info on changes for earlier releases.
 [@nickofthyme]: https://github.com/nickofthyme
 [@manuth]: https://github.com/manuth
 [@julien1619]: https://github.com/julien1619
+[@darkartur]: https://github.com/darkartur
diff --git a/src/rules/no-unused-modules.js b/src/rules/no-unused-modules.js
index 9d2d91a1b..25139b681 100644
--- a/src/rules/no-unused-modules.js
+++ b/src/rules/no-unused-modules.js
@@ -654,13 +654,12 @@ module.exports = {
           if (astNode.source) {
             resolvedPath = resolve(astNode.source.raw.replace(/('|")/g, ''), context)
             astNode.specifiers.forEach(specifier => {
-              let name
-              if (specifier.exported.name === DEFAULT) {
-                name = IMPORT_DEFAULT_SPECIFIER
+              const name = specifier.local.name
+              if (specifier.local.name === DEFAULT) {
+                newDefaultImports.add(resolvedPath)
               } else {
-                name = specifier.local.name
+                newImports.set(name, resolvedPath)
               }
-              newImports.set(name, resolvedPath)
             })
           }
         }
diff --git a/tests/files/no-unused-modules/renameDefault-2/ComponentA.js b/tests/files/no-unused-modules/renameDefault-2/ComponentA.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b4517920f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/files/no-unused-modules/renameDefault-2/ComponentA.js
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export default function ComponentA() {}
diff --git a/tests/files/no-unused-modules/renameDefault-2/ComponentB.js b/tests/files/no-unused-modules/renameDefault-2/ComponentB.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..72e0f2ee7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/files/no-unused-modules/renameDefault-2/ComponentB.js
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export default function ComponentB() {}
diff --git a/tests/files/no-unused-modules/renameDefault-2/components.js b/tests/files/no-unused-modules/renameDefault-2/components.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5a72952a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/files/no-unused-modules/renameDefault-2/components.js
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+export { default as ComponentA } from "./ComponentA";
+export { default as ComponentB } from "./ComponentB";
diff --git a/tests/files/no-unused-modules/renameDefault-2/usage.js b/tests/files/no-unused-modules/renameDefault-2/usage.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7298baa55
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/files/no-unused-modules/renameDefault-2/usage.js
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+import { ComponentA, ComponentB } from './components'
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 000000000..c6be8faf0
--- /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 000000000..4a877cb1f
--- /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 000000000..6ee988988
--- /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 a066dd33f..ef2d3e66c 100644
--- a/tests/src/rules/no-unused-modules.js
+++ b/tests/src/rules/no-unused-modules.js
@@ -442,6 +442,31 @@ ruleTester.run('no-unused-modules', rule, {
   invalid: [],
 })
 
+describe('renameDefault', () => {
+  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: [],
+  })
+  ruleTester.run('no-unused-modules', rule, {
+    valid: [
+      test({ options: unusedExportsOptions,
+        code: 'export { default as ComponentA } from "./ComponentA";export { default as ComponentB } from "./ComponentB";',
+        filename: testFilePath('./no-unused-modules/renameDefault-2/components.js')}),
+      test({ options: unusedExportsOptions,
+        code: 'export default function ComponentA() {};',
+        filename: testFilePath('./no-unused-modules/renameDefault-2/ComponentA.js')}),
+    ],
+    invalid: [],
+  })
+})
+
 describe('test behaviour for new file', () => {
   before(() => {
     fs.writeFileSync(testFilePath('./no-unused-modules/file-added-0.js'), '', {encoding: 'utf8'})