diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 88d7c411f7..894e6c18c4 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ This change log adheres to standards from [Keep a CHANGELOG](https://keepachange
 - `importType`: avoid crashing on a non-string' ([#2305], thanks [@ljharb])
 - [`first`]: prevent crash when parsing angular templates ([#2210], thanks [@ljharb])
 - `importType`: properly resolve `@/*`-aliased imports as internal ([#2334], thanks [@ombene])
+- `named`: avoid false positives when importing from a CommonJS module that uses `import()` ([#2341], thanks [@ludofischer])
 
 ### Changed
 - [`no-default-import`]: report on the token "default" instead of the entire node ([#2299], thanks [@pmcelhaney])
diff --git a/src/ExportMap.js b/src/ExportMap.js
index d818fa6ca8..9374c4f656 100644
--- a/src/ExportMap.js
+++ b/src/ExportMap.js
@@ -43,6 +43,13 @@ export default class ExportMap {
      */
     this.imports = new Map();
     this.errors = [];
+    /**
+     * true when we are still unsure if
+     * the module is ESM, happens when the module
+     * contains dynamic `import()` but no other
+     * ESM import/export
+     */
+    this.maybeNotEsm = false;
   }
 
   get hasDefault() { return this.get('default') != null; } // stronger than this.has
@@ -406,7 +413,8 @@ ExportMap.parse = function (path, content, context) {
     },
   });
 
-  if (!unambiguous.isModule(ast) && !hasDynamicImports) return null;
+  const maybeNotEsm = !unambiguous.isModule(ast);
+  if (maybeNotEsm && !hasDynamicImports) return null;
 
   const docstyle = (context.settings && context.settings['import/docstyle']) || ['jsdoc'];
   const docStyleParsers = {};
@@ -710,6 +718,7 @@ ExportMap.parse = function (path, content, context) {
     m.namespace.set('default', {}); // add default export
   }
 
+  m.maybeNotEsm = maybeNotEsm;
   return m;
 };
 
diff --git a/src/rules/named.js b/src/rules/named.js
index 24e6bc0ac5..ffc787001e 100644
--- a/src/rules/named.js
+++ b/src/rules/named.js
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ module.exports = {
       }
 
       const imports = Exports.get(node.source.value, context);
-      if (imports == null) {
+      if (imports == null || imports.maybeNotEsm) {
         return;
       }
 
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ module.exports = {
         // return if it's not a string source
         || source.type !== 'Literal'
         || variableExports == null
+        || variableExports.maybeNotEsm
       ) {
         return;
       }
diff --git a/tests/files/dynamic-import-in-commonjs.js b/tests/files/dynamic-import-in-commonjs.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..259feb4cd9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/files/dynamic-import-in-commonjs.js
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+async function doSomething() {
+  await import('./bar.js');
+}
+
+exports.something = 'hello';
diff --git a/tests/src/rules/named.js b/tests/src/rules/named.js
index 992baa0fd0..0e87759af6 100644
--- a/tests/src/rules/named.js
+++ b/tests/src/rules/named.js
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@ ruleTester.run('named', rule, {
     test({ code: 'import { jsxFoo } from "./jsx/AnotherComponent"',
       settings: { 'import/resolve': { 'extensions': ['.js', '.jsx'] } } }),
 
+    test({ code: 'import { something } from "./dynamic-import-in-commonjs"',
+      parserOptions: { ecmaVersion: 2021 } }),
+
     // validate that eslint-disable-line silences this properly
     test({ code: 'import {a, b, d} from "./common"; ' +
                 '// eslint-disable-line named' }),
@@ -165,6 +168,11 @@ ruleTester.run('named', rule, {
       options: [{ commonjs: true }],
     }),
 
+    test({ code: 'const { something } = require("./dynamic-import-in-commonjs")',
+      parserOptions: { ecmaVersion: 2021 },
+      options: [{ commonjs: true }],
+    }),
+    
     test({
       code: 'const { baz } = require("./bar")',
       errors: [error('baz', './bar')],