diff --git a/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/transform/CheckUnused.scala b/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/transform/CheckUnused.scala
index 7663467a3997..7a7988c1c17f 100644
--- a/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/transform/CheckUnused.scala
+++ b/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/transform/CheckUnused.scala
@@ -222,6 +222,8 @@ class CheckUnused private (phaseMode: PhaseMode, suffix: String) extends MiniPha
           selector.bound match
           case untpd.TypedSplice(bound) => transformAllDeep(bound)
           case _ =>
+    case exp: Export =>
+      transformAllDeep(exp.expr)
     case AppliedTypeTree(tpt, args) =>
       transformAllDeep(tpt)
       args.foreach(transformAllDeep)
diff --git a/tests/warn/i22983.scala b/tests/warn/i22983.scala
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..673ed4b45f67
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/warn/i22983.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+//> using options -Werror -Wunused:imports
+
+object test1:
+  object foo:
+    type X = Int
+
+object test2:
+  import test1.foo
+
+  export foo.X