diff --git a/code/lib/csf-tools/src/getStorySortParameter.test.ts b/code/lib/csf-tools/src/getStorySortParameter.test.ts
index 722d4f8fabb..fe4c96b3b7b 100644
--- a/code/lib/csf-tools/src/getStorySortParameter.test.ts
+++ b/code/lib/csf-tools/src/getStorySortParameter.test.ts
@@ -159,14 +159,16 @@ describe('getStorySortParameter', () => {
           export const parameters = [];
         `)
         ).toThrowErrorMatchingInlineSnapshot(`
-        "Unexpected 'parameters'. Parameter 'options.storySort' should be defined inline e.g.:
+          "Unexpected 'parameters'. Parameter 'options.storySort' should be defined inline e.g.:
 
-        export const parameters = {
-          options: {
-            storySort: <array | object | function>
-          }
-        }"
-      `);
+          export default {
+            parameters = {
+              options: {
+                storySort: <array | object | function>
+              },
+            },
+          };"
+        `);
       });
 
       it('parameters var', () => {
@@ -201,14 +203,16 @@ describe('getStorySortParameter', () => {
           };
       `)
         ).toThrowErrorMatchingInlineSnapshot(`
-        "Unexpected 'options'. Parameter 'options.storySort' should be defined inline e.g.:
+          "Unexpected 'options'. Parameter 'options.storySort' should be defined inline e.g.:
 
-        export const parameters = {
-          options: {
-            storySort: <array | object | function>
-          }
-        }"
-      `);
+          export default {
+            parameters = {
+              options: {
+                storySort: <array | object | function>
+              },
+            },
+          };"
+        `);
       });
 
       it('storySort var', () => {
@@ -226,14 +230,16 @@ describe('getStorySortParameter', () => {
           };
       `)
         ).toThrowErrorMatchingInlineSnapshot(`
-        "Unexpected 'storySort'. Parameter 'options.storySort' should be defined inline e.g.:
+          "Unexpected 'storySort'. Parameter 'options.storySort' should be defined inline e.g.:
 
-        export const parameters = {
-          options: {
-            storySort: <array | object | function>
-          }
-        }"
-      `);
+          export default {
+            parameters = {
+              options: {
+                storySort: <array | object | function>
+              },
+            },
+          };"
+        `);
       });
 
       it('order var', () => {
@@ -251,14 +257,16 @@ describe('getStorySortParameter', () => {
           };
       `)
         ).toThrowErrorMatchingInlineSnapshot(`
-        "Unexpected 'order'. Parameter 'options.storySort' should be defined inline e.g.:
+          "Unexpected 'order'. Parameter 'options.storySort' should be defined inline e.g.:
 
-        export const parameters = {
-          options: {
-            storySort: <array | object | function>
-          }
-        }"
-      `);
+          export default {
+            parameters = {
+              options: {
+                storySort: <array | object | function>
+              },
+            },
+          };"
+        `);
       });
     });
   });
@@ -289,6 +297,24 @@ describe('getStorySortParameter', () => {
       `);
       });
 
+      it('no storysort', () => {
+        expect(
+          getStorySortParameter(dedent`
+          const config = {
+            actions: { argTypesRegex: '^on[A-Z].*' },
+            controls: {
+              matchers: {
+                color: /(background|color)$/i,
+                date: /Date$/,
+              },
+            },
+          }
+          
+          export default config
+        `)
+        ).toBeUndefined();
+      });
+
       it('inline typescript', () => {
         expect(
           getStorySortParameter(dedent`
@@ -389,7 +415,7 @@ describe('getStorySortParameter', () => {
       });
     });
     describe('unsupported', () => {
-      it('bad default epxort', () => {
+      it('bad default export', () => {
         expect(
           getStorySortParameter(dedent`
           export default 'foo';
diff --git a/code/lib/csf-tools/src/getStorySortParameter.ts b/code/lib/csf-tools/src/getStorySortParameter.ts
index a123e1285a8..d31d9061ebb 100644
--- a/code/lib/csf-tools/src/getStorySortParameter.ts
+++ b/code/lib/csf-tools/src/getStorySortParameter.ts
@@ -47,11 +47,13 @@ const unsupported = (unexpectedVar: string, isError: boolean) => {
   const message = dedent`
     Unexpected '${unexpectedVar}'. Parameter 'options.storySort' should be defined inline e.g.:
 
-    export const parameters = {
-      options: {
-        storySort: <array | object | function>
-      }
-    }
+    export default {
+      parameters = {
+        options: {
+          storySort: <array | object | function>
+        },
+      },
+    };
   `;
   if (isError) {
     throw new Error(message);
@@ -86,8 +88,9 @@ const parseDefault = (defaultExpr: t.Expression): t.Expression | undefined => {
     if (params) {
       return parseParameters(params);
     }
+  } else {
+    unsupported('default', true);
   }
-  unsupported('default', true);
   return undefined;
 };