diff --git a/src/compiler/checker.ts b/src/compiler/checker.ts
index 770e1a7c1c60a..ffb3707877049 100644
--- a/src/compiler/checker.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/checker.ts
@@ -33371,7 +33371,7 @@ export function createTypeChecker(host: TypeCheckerHost): TypeChecker {
 
         checkJsxPreconditions(node);
 
-        markLinkedReferences(node, ReferenceHint.Jsx);
+        markJsxAliasReferenced(node);
 
         if (isNodeOpeningLikeElement) {
             const jsxOpeningLikeNode = node;
diff --git a/tests/cases/compiler/verbatimModuleSyntaxReactReference.ts b/tests/cases/compiler/verbatimModuleSyntaxReactReference.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..e3fcf1d34006d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/cases/compiler/verbatimModuleSyntaxReactReference.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+// @module: preserve
+// @verbatimModuleSyntax: true
+// @jsx: react
+// @noEmit: true
+// @noUnusedLocals: true
+// @noTypesAndSymbols: true
+
+// @Filename: react.d.ts
+declare module 'react';
+
+// @Filename: index.tsx
+import React from 'react';
+
+export const build = <div>hello </div>;