diff --git a/lib/rules/no-unused-vars.js b/lib/rules/no-unused-vars.js
index fff3e33d9235..6f36813aca57 100644
--- a/lib/rules/no-unused-vars.js
+++ b/lib/rules/no-unused-vars.js
@@ -469,7 +469,7 @@ module.exports = {
             const posteriorParams = params.slice(params.indexOf(variable) + 1);
 
             // If any used parameters occur after this parameter, do not report.
-            return !posteriorParams.some(v => v.references.length > 0);
+            return !posteriorParams.some(v => v.references.length > 0 || v.eslintUsed);
         }
 
         /**
diff --git a/tests/lib/rules/no-unused-vars.js b/tests/lib/rules/no-unused-vars.js
index f188f8ce30ae..316df18e09aa 100644
--- a/tests/lib/rules/no-unused-vars.js
+++ b/tests/lib/rules/no-unused-vars.js
@@ -271,7 +271,11 @@ ruleTester.run("no-unused-vars", rule, {
             code: "(({a, ...rest}) => rest)",
             options: [{ args: "all", ignoreRestSiblings: true }],
             parserOptions: { ecmaVersion: 2018 }
-        }
+        },
+
+        // https://github.com/eslint/eslint/issues/10952
+        "/*eslint use-every-a:1*/ !function(b, a) { return 1 }"
+
     ],
     invalid: [
         { code: "function foox() { return foox(); }", errors: [definedError("foox")] },