diff --git a/src/services/codefixes/importFixes.ts b/src/services/codefixes/importFixes.ts
index 5a10f2f48a739..b1e4df6bb6a85 100644
--- a/src/services/codefixes/importFixes.ts
+++ b/src/services/codefixes/importFixes.ts
@@ -97,16 +97,21 @@ namespace ts.codefix {
         symbolToken: Node | undefined,
         preferences: UserPreferences,
     ): { readonly moduleSpecifier: string, readonly codeAction: CodeAction } {
-        const exportInfos = getAllReExportingModules(exportedSymbol, symbolName, checker, allSourceFiles);
+        const exportInfos = getAllReExportingModules(exportedSymbol, moduleSymbol, symbolName, sourceFile, checker, allSourceFiles);
         Debug.assert(exportInfos.some(info => info.moduleSymbol === moduleSymbol));
         // We sort the best codefixes first, so taking `first` is best for completions.
         const moduleSpecifier = first(getNewImportInfos(program, sourceFile, exportInfos, compilerOptions, getCanonicalFileName, host, preferences)).moduleSpecifier;
         const ctx: ImportCodeFixContext = { host, program, checker, compilerOptions, sourceFile, formatContext, symbolName, getCanonicalFileName, symbolToken, preferences };
         return { moduleSpecifier, codeAction: first(getCodeActionsForImport(exportInfos, ctx)) };
     }
-    function getAllReExportingModules(exportedSymbol: Symbol, symbolName: string, checker: TypeChecker, allSourceFiles: ReadonlyArray<SourceFile>): ReadonlyArray<SymbolExportInfo> {
+    function getAllReExportingModules(exportedSymbol: Symbol, exportingModuleSymbol: Symbol, symbolName: string, sourceFile: SourceFile, checker: TypeChecker, allSourceFiles: ReadonlyArray<SourceFile>): ReadonlyArray<SymbolExportInfo> {
         const result: SymbolExportInfo[] = [];
-        forEachExternalModule(checker, allSourceFiles, moduleSymbol => {
+        forEachExternalModule(checker, allSourceFiles, (moduleSymbol, moduleFile) => {
+            // Don't import from a re-export when looking "up" like to `./index` or `../index`.
+            if (moduleFile && moduleSymbol !== exportingModuleSymbol && startsWith(sourceFile.fileName, getDirectoryPath(moduleFile.fileName))) {
+                return;
+            }
+
             for (const exported of checker.getExportsOfModule(moduleSymbol)) {
                 if (exported.escapedName === InternalSymbolName.Default || exported.name === symbolName && skipAlias(exported, checker) === exportedSymbol) {
                     const isDefaultExport = checker.tryGetMemberInModuleExports(InternalSymbolName.Default, moduleSymbol) === exported;
diff --git a/tests/cases/fourslash/completionsImport_notFromIndex.ts b/tests/cases/fourslash/completionsImport_notFromIndex.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..c42c768d23d5e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/cases/fourslash/completionsImport_notFromIndex.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+/// <reference path="fourslash.ts" />
+
+// @Filename: /src/a.ts
+////export const x = 0;
+
+// @Filename: /src/index.ts
+////export { x } from "./a";
+
+// @Filename: /0.ts
+////x/*0*/
+
+// @Filename: /src/1.ts
+////x/*1*/
+
+// @Filename: /src/inner/2.ts
+////x/*2*/
+
+for (const [marker, sourceDisplay] of [["0", "./src"], ["1", "./a"], ["2", "../a"]]) {
+    goTo.marker(marker);
+    verify.completionListContains({ name: "x", source: "/src/a" }, "const x: 0", "", "const", /*spanIndex*/ undefined, /*hasAction*/ true, { includeCompletionsForModuleExports: true, sourceDisplay });
+    verify.applyCodeActionFromCompletion(marker, {
+        name: "x",
+        source: "/src/a",
+        description: `Import 'x' from module "${sourceDisplay}"`,
+        newFileContent: `import { x } from "${sourceDisplay}";\n\nx`,
+    });
+}