diff --git a/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-compiler/src/Validation/ValidateNoRefAccessInRender.ts b/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-compiler/src/Validation/ValidateNoRefAccessInRender.ts
index 7da564205475..2d1d05bfb29d 100644
--- a/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-compiler/src/Validation/ValidateNoRefAccessInRender.ts
+++ b/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-compiler/src/Validation/ValidateNoRefAccessInRender.ts
@@ -356,8 +356,41 @@ function validateNoRefAccessInRenderImpl(
         switch (instr.value.kind) {
           case 'JsxExpression':
           case 'JsxFragment': {
-            for (const operand of eachInstructionValueOperand(instr.value)) {
-              validateNoDirectRefValueAccess(errors, operand, env);
+            if (instr.value.kind === 'JsxExpression') {
+              if (instr.value.tag.kind === 'Identifier') {
+                validateNoDirectRefValueAccess(errors, instr.value.tag, env);
+              }
+              for (const attribute of instr.value.props) {
+                switch (attribute.kind) {
+                  case 'JsxAttribute': {
+                    if (attribute.name !== 'ref') {
+                      validateNoDirectRefValueAccess(
+                        errors,
+                        attribute.place,
+                        env,
+                      );
+                    }
+                    break;
+                  }
+                  case 'JsxSpreadAttribute': {
+                    validateNoDirectRefValueAccess(
+                      errors,
+                      attribute.argument,
+                      env,
+                    );
+                    break;
+                  }
+                }
+              }
+              if (instr.value.children != null) {
+                for (const child of instr.value.children) {
+                  validateNoDirectRefValueAccess(errors, child, env);
+                }
+              }
+            } else {
+              for (const operand of eachInstructionValueOperand(instr.value)) {
+                validateNoDirectRefValueAccess(errors, operand, env);
+              }
             }
             break;
           }
diff --git a/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-compiler/src/__tests__/fixtures/compiler/allow-forwarding-ref-prop-to-jsx.expect.md b/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-compiler/src/__tests__/fixtures/compiler/allow-forwarding-ref-prop-to-jsx.expect.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d9e350933e4c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-compiler/src/__tests__/fixtures/compiler/allow-forwarding-ref-prop-to-jsx.expect.md
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+
+## Input
+
+```javascript
+// @validateRefAccessDuringRender @compilationMode:"infer"
+function TextArea(props) {
+  return <TextInput ref={props.ref} type="body" />;
+}
+
+```
+
+## Code
+
+```javascript
+import { c as _c } from "react/compiler-runtime"; // @validateRefAccessDuringRender @compilationMode:"infer"
+function TextArea(props) {
+  const $ = _c(2);
+  let t0;
+  if ($[0] !== props.ref) {
+    t0 = <TextInput ref={props.ref} type="body" />;
+    $[0] = props.ref;
+    $[1] = t0;
+  } else {
+    t0 = $[1];
+  }
+  return t0;
+}
+
+```
+      
+### Eval output
+(kind: exception) Fixture not implemented
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-compiler/src/__tests__/fixtures/compiler/allow-forwarding-ref-prop-to-jsx.js b/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-compiler/src/__tests__/fixtures/compiler/allow-forwarding-ref-prop-to-jsx.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e5a5f580d755
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-compiler/src/__tests__/fixtures/compiler/allow-forwarding-ref-prop-to-jsx.js
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+// @validateRefAccessDuringRender @compilationMode:"infer"
+function TextArea(props) {
+  return <TextInput ref={props.ref} type="body" />;
+}