diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c623707..4454293 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 ### Fixed
 - False positive when bad builtin is overwritten by import ([#16](https://github.com/duo-labs/dlint/issues/16))
 - False negative when bad module attribute uses import alias ([#2](https://github.com/duo-labs/dlint/issues/2))
+- False positive when bad module attribute not imported ([#14](https://github.com/duo-labs/dlint/issues/14))
 
 ## [0.6.0] - 2019-08-12
 ### Added
diff --git a/dlint/linters/helpers/bad_module_attribute_use.py b/dlint/linters/helpers/bad_module_attribute_use.py
index db5d472..e995fd9 100644
--- a/dlint/linters/helpers/bad_module_attribute_use.py
+++ b/dlint/linters/helpers/bad_module_attribute_use.py
@@ -78,7 +78,9 @@ def visit_Attribute(self, node):
 
             def illegal_module(mod):
                 return (
-                    module_path == mod
+                    # Assuming you can't have a period ('.') in names brought
+                    # into a module's namespace
+                    (module_path == mod and (self.namespace.name_imported(mod) or '.' in mod))
                     or module_path in self.illegal_import_aliases
                 )
 
diff --git a/tests/test_helpers/test_bad_module_attribute_use.py b/tests/test_helpers/test_bad_module_attribute_use.py
index 21a402b..1e921f8 100644
--- a/tests/test_helpers/test_bad_module_attribute_use.py
+++ b/tests/test_helpers/test_bad_module_attribute_use.py
@@ -347,6 +347,27 @@ def test_bad_module_class_use(self):
 
         assert result == expected
 
+    def test_module_attribute_missing_import_usage(self):
+        python_node = self.get_ast_node(
+            """
+            import baz
+            from qux import quine
+
+            var = 'echo "TEST"'
+
+            foo = None
+            foo.bar(var)
+            """
+        )
+
+        linter = get_bad_module_attribute_use_implementation({'foo': ['bar']})
+        linter.visit(python_node)
+
+        result = linter.get_results()
+        expected = []
+
+        assert result == expected
+
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     unittest.main()