diff --git a/rules/no-unused-properties.js b/rules/no-unused-properties.js
index 8997e3ada0..50cbe643bf 100644
--- a/rules/no-unused-properties.js
+++ b/rules/no-unused-properties.js
@@ -123,12 +123,20 @@ const create = context => {
 
 			const nextReferences = references
 				.map(reference => {
+					const {parent} = reference.identifier;
+
 					if (reference.init) {
+						if (
+							parent.type === 'VariableDeclarator' &&
+							parent.parent.type === 'VariableDeclaration' &&
+							parent.parent.parent.type === 'ExportNamedDeclaration'
+						) {
+							return {identifier: parent};
+						}
+
 						return null;
 					}
 
-					const {parent} = reference.identifier;
-
 					if (parent.type === 'MemberExpression') {
 						if (
 							isMemberExpressionAssignment(parent) ||
diff --git a/test/no-unused-properties.js b/test/no-unused-properties.js
index 127b525cf4..a0b5f157b0 100644
--- a/test/no-unused-properties.js
+++ b/test/no-unused-properties.js
@@ -280,6 +280,15 @@ var foo = {
 };
 export {foo};
 `,
+
+		`
+export const foo = {
+	a: 1,
+	b: 2
+};
+console.log(foo.a);
+`,
+
 		`
 var foo = {
 	a: 1