diff --git a/pylsp/plugins/rope_autoimport.py b/pylsp/plugins/rope_autoimport.py
index aaaca6b4..70a4b618 100644
--- a/pylsp/plugins/rope_autoimport.py
+++ b/pylsp/plugins/rope_autoimport.py
@@ -234,6 +234,14 @@ def _sort_import(score: int) -> str:
     return "[z" + str(score).rjust(_score_pow, "0")
 
 
+def get_name_or_module(document, diagnostic) -> str:
+    return (
+        parso.parse(document.lines[diagnostic["range"]["start"]["line"]])
+        .get_leaf_for_position((1, diagnostic["range"]["start"]["character"] + 1))
+        .value
+    )
+
+
 @hookimpl
 def pylsp_code_actions(
     config: Config,
@@ -267,10 +275,8 @@ def pylsp_code_actions(
     for diagnostic in context.get("diagnostics", []):
         if "undefined name" not in diagnostic.get("message", "").lower():
             continue
-        expr = parso.parse(document.lines[diagnostic["range"]["start"]["line"]])
-        word = expr.get_leaf_for_position(
-            (1, diagnostic["range"]["start"]["character"] + 1)
-        ).value
+
+        word = get_name_or_module(document, diagnostic)
         log.debug(f"autoimport: searching for word: {word}")
         rope_config = config.settings(document_path=document.path).get("rope", {})
         autoimport = workspace._rope_autoimport(rope_config, feature="code_actions")
diff --git a/test/plugins/test_autoimport.py b/test/plugins/test_autoimport.py
index 86c0d825..9aafca48 100644
--- a/test/plugins/test_autoimport.py
+++ b/test/plugins/test_autoimport.py
@@ -9,10 +9,14 @@
 
 from pylsp import lsp, uris
 from pylsp.config.config import Config
-from pylsp.plugins.rope_autoimport import _get_score, _should_insert, get_names
+from pylsp.plugins.rope_autoimport import (
+    _get_score,
+    _should_insert,
+    get_name_or_module,
+    get_names,
+)
 from pylsp.plugins.rope_autoimport import (
     pylsp_completions as pylsp_autoimport_completions,
-    pylsp_code_actions as pylsp_autoimport_code_actions,
 )
 from pylsp.plugins.rope_autoimport import pylsp_initialize
 from pylsp.workspace import Workspace
@@ -227,26 +231,20 @@ class sfa:
     "message",
     ["Undefined name `os`", "F821 undefined name 'numpy'", "undefined name 'numpy'"],
 )
-def test_autoimport_code_actions(config, autoimport_workspace, message):
-    source = "os"
+def test_autoimport_code_actions_get_correct_module_name(autoimport_workspace, message):
+    source = "os.path.join('a', 'b')"
     autoimport_workspace.put_document(DOC_URI, source=source)
     doc = autoimport_workspace.get_document(DOC_URI)
-    context = {
-        "diagnostics": [
-            {
-                "range": {
-                    "start": {"line": 0, "character": 0},
-                    "end": {"line": 0, "character": 2},
-                },
-                "message": message,
-            }
-        ]
+    diagnostic = {
+        "range": {
+            "start": {"line": 0, "character": 0},
+            "end": {"line": 0, "character": 2},
+        },
+        "message": message,
     }
-    actions = pylsp_autoimport_code_actions(
-        config, autoimport_workspace, doc, None, context
-    )
+    module_name = get_name_or_module(doc, diagnostic)
     autoimport_workspace.rm_document(DOC_URI)
-    assert any(action.get("title") == "import os" for action in actions)
+    assert module_name == "os"
 
 
 # rope autoimport launches a sqlite database which checks from which thread it is called.