diff --git a/packages/babel-plugin-extract-messages/src/index.ts b/packages/babel-plugin-extract-messages/src/index.ts
index cb95b8e02..0b937cb65 100644
--- a/packages/babel-plugin-extract-messages/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/babel-plugin-extract-messages/src/index.ts
@@ -163,9 +163,9 @@ export default function ({ types: t }: { types: BabelTypes }): PluginObj {
     t.isMemberExpression(node) &&
     (t.isIdentifier(node.object, { name: I18N_OBJECT }) ||
       (t.isMemberExpression(node.object) &&
-        t.isIdentifier(node.object.property, { name: I18N_OBJECT }) &&
-        (t.isIdentifier(node.property, { name: "_" }) ||
-          t.isIdentifier(node.property, { name: "t" }))))
+        t.isIdentifier(node.object.property, { name: I18N_OBJECT }))) &&
+    (t.isIdentifier(node.property, { name: "_" }) ||
+      t.isIdentifier(node.property, { name: "t" }))
 
   const extractFromMessageDescriptor = (
     path: NodePath<ObjectExpression>,
diff --git a/packages/babel-plugin-extract-messages/test/index.ts b/packages/babel-plugin-extract-messages/test/index.ts
index bd0453a7a..72832cd00 100644
--- a/packages/babel-plugin-extract-messages/test/index.ts
+++ b/packages/babel-plugin-extract-messages/test/index.ts
@@ -141,6 +141,16 @@ import { Trans } from "@lingui/react";
       })
     })
 
+    it("should not extract from random i18n members", () => {
+      const code = `
+      i18n.load("Message")
+      `
+      expectNoConsole(() => {
+        const messages = transformCode(code)
+        expect(messages.length).toBe(0)
+      })
+    })
+
     it("should not extract if disabled via annotation", () => {
       const code = `
       /* lingui-extract-ignore */