diff --git a/eslint/locale.js b/eslint/locale.js
index 7e5f3419fc..f27f160b07 100644
--- a/eslint/locale.js
+++ b/eslint/locale.js
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
 function collectMembers(node) {
 	if (!node) return [];
 	if (node.type !== 'MemberExpression') return [];
+	// this is something like `foo[bar]`
+	if (node.computed) return [];
 	return [ node.property.name, ...collectMembers(node.parent) ];
 }
 
diff --git a/eslint/locale.test.js b/eslint/locale.test.js
index 9c7ed0f45d..1c0727b400 100644
--- a/eslint/locale.test.js
+++ b/eslint/locale.test.js
@@ -23,8 +23,6 @@ ruleTester.run(
   {
     valid: [
       testCase('i18n.ts.foo.bar'),
-      // we don't detect the problem here, but should still accept it
-      testCase('i18n.ts.foo["something"]'),
       testCase('i18n.ts.top'),
       testCase('i18n.tsx.foo.baz({x:1})'),
       testCase('whatever.i18n.ts.blah.blah'),
@@ -32,6 +30,9 @@ ruleTester.run(
       testCase('whatever(i18n.ts.foo.bar)'),
       testCaseVue('<template><p>{{ i18n.ts.foo.bar }}</p></template>'),
       testCaseVue('<template><I18n :src="i18n.ts.foo.baz"/></template>'),
+      // we don't detect the problem here, but should still accept it
+      testCase('i18n.ts.foo["something"]'),
+      testCase('i18n.ts.foo[something]'),
     ],
     invalid: [
       testCase('i18n.ts.not', 1),