diff --git a/contrib/import-checker.py b/contrib/import-checker.py
--- a/contrib/import-checker.py
+++ b/contrib/import-checker.py
@@ -499,7 +499,8 @@
                     seenlocal = fullname
 
             # Direct symbol import is only allowed from certain modules and
-            # must occur before non-symbol imports.
+            # must occur before non-symbol imports, or the symbol itself is a
+            # local module.
             found = fromlocal(node.module, node.level)
             if found and found[2]:  # node.module is a package
                 prefix = found[0] + '.'
@@ -509,7 +510,9 @@
                 symbols = (n.name for n in node.names)
             symbols = [sym for sym in symbols if sym not in directsymbols]
             if node.module and node.col_offset == root_col_offset:
-                if symbols and fullname not in allowsymbolimports:
+                if (symbols and fullname not in allowsymbolimports
+                    and fullname not in localmods
+                    and fullname + '.__init__' not in localmods):
                     yield msg('direct symbol import %s from %s',
                               ', '.join(symbols), fullname)
 
diff --git a/tests/test-imports-checker.t b/tests/test-imports-checker.t
--- a/tests/test-imports-checker.t
+++ b/tests/test-imports-checker.t
@@ -129,8 +129,6 @@
   testpackage/importalias.py:2: ui module must be "as" aliased to uimod
   testpackage/importfromalias.py:2: ui from testpackage must be "as" aliased to uimod
   testpackage/importfromrelative.py:2: import should be relative: testpackage.unsorted
-  testpackage/importfromrelative.py:2: direct symbol import foo from testpackage.unsorted
-  testpackage/importsymbolfromsub.py:2: direct symbol import nonmodule from testpackage.subpackage
   testpackage/latesymbolimport.py:3: symbol import follows non-symbol import: mercurial.node
   testpackage/multiple.py:2: multiple imported names: os, sys
   testpackage/multiplegroups.py:3: multiple "from . import" statements
@@ -141,7 +139,6 @@
   testpackage/subpackage/levelpriority.py:3: higher-level import should come first: testpackage
   testpackage/subpackage/localimport.py:7: multiple "from .. import" statements
   testpackage/subpackage/localimport.py:8: import should be relative: testpackage.subpackage.levelpriority
-  testpackage/symbolimport.py:2: direct symbol import foo from testpackage.unsorted
   testpackage/unsorted.py:3: imports not lexically sorted: os < sys
   testpackage2/latesymbolimport.py:3: symbol import follows non-symbol import: mercurial.node
   [1]