diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2b47aaa55..10c77d4e6 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ This change log adheres to standards from [Keep a CHANGELOG](http://keepachangel
 
 ### Fixed
 - [`export`]/TypeScript: properly detect export specifiers as children of a TS module block ([#1889], thanks [@andreubotella])
+- [`order`]: ignore non-module-level requires ([#1940], thanks [@golopot])
 
 ## [2.22.1] - 2020-09-27
 ### Fixed
@@ -735,6 +736,7 @@ for info on changes for earlier releases.
 
 [`memo-parser`]: ./memo-parser/README.md
 
+[#1940]: https://github.com/benmosher/eslint-plugin-import/pull/1940
 [#1889]: https://github.com/benmosher/eslint-plugin-import/pull/1889
 [#1878]: https://github.com/benmosher/eslint-plugin-import/pull/1878
 [#1854]: https://github.com/benmosher/eslint-plugin-import/issues/1854
diff --git a/src/rules/order.js b/src/rules/order.js
index 1d7d3efd6..fe2376cfe 100644
--- a/src/rules/order.js
+++ b/src/rules/order.js
@@ -333,9 +333,21 @@ function registerNode(context, importEntry, ranks, imported, excludedImportTypes
   }
 }
 
-function isInVariableDeclarator(node) {
-  return node &&
-    (node.type === 'VariableDeclarator' || isInVariableDeclarator(node.parent))
+function isModuleLevelRequire(node) {
+  let n = node
+  // Handle cases like `const baz = require('foo').bar.baz`
+  // and `const foo = require('foo')()`
+  while ( 
+    (n.parent.type === 'MemberExpression' && n.parent.object === n) ||
+    (n.parent.type === 'CallExpression' && n.parent.callee === n)
+   ) {
+    n = n.parent
+  }
+  return (
+    n.parent.type === 'VariableDeclarator' &&
+    n.parent.parent.type === 'VariableDeclaration' &&
+    n.parent.parent.parent.type === 'Program' 
+  )
 }
 
 const types = ['builtin', 'external', 'internal', 'unknown', 'parent', 'sibling', 'index', 'object']
@@ -583,14 +595,6 @@ module.exports = {
       }
     }
     let imported = []
-    let level = 0
-
-    function incrementLevel() {
-      level++
-    }
-    function decrementLevel() {
-      level--
-    }
 
     return {
       ImportDeclaration: function handleImports(node) {
@@ -641,7 +645,7 @@ module.exports = {
         )
       },
       CallExpression: function handleRequires(node) {
-        if (level !== 0 || !isStaticRequire(node) || !isInVariableDeclarator(node.parent)) {
+        if (!isStaticRequire(node) || !isModuleLevelRequire(node)) {
           return
         }
         const name = node.arguments[0].value
@@ -671,16 +675,6 @@ module.exports = {
 
         imported = []
       },
-      FunctionDeclaration: incrementLevel,
-      FunctionExpression: incrementLevel,
-      ArrowFunctionExpression: incrementLevel,
-      BlockStatement: incrementLevel,
-      ObjectExpression: incrementLevel,
-      'FunctionDeclaration:exit': decrementLevel,
-      'FunctionExpression:exit': decrementLevel,
-      'ArrowFunctionExpression:exit': decrementLevel,
-      'BlockStatement:exit': decrementLevel,
-      'ObjectExpression:exit': decrementLevel,
     }
   },
 }
diff --git a/tests/src/rules/order.js b/tests/src/rules/order.js
index 0c5405823..497911ffb 100644
--- a/tests/src/rules/order.js
+++ b/tests/src/rules/order.js
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ ruleTester.run('order', rule, {
         var result = add(1, 2);
         var _ = require('lodash');`,
     }),
-    // Ignore requires that are not at the top-level
+    // Ignore requires that are not at the top-level #1
     test({
       code: `
         var index = require('./');
@@ -86,6 +86,18 @@ ruleTester.run('order', rule, {
           require('fs');
         }`,
     }),
+    // Ignore requires that are not at the top-level #2
+    test({
+      code: `
+        const foo = [
+          require('./foo'),
+          require('fs'),
+        ]`,
+    }),
+    // Ignore requires in template literal (#1936)
+    test({
+      code: "const foo = `${require('./a')} ${require('fs')}`",
+    }),
     // Ignore unknown/invalid cases
     test({
       code: `