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..26cf64b2807b 100644
--- a/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-compiler/src/Validation/ValidateNoRefAccessInRender.ts
+++ b/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-compiler/src/Validation/ValidateNoRefAccessInRender.ts
@@ -150,16 +150,9 @@ function collectTemporariesSidemap(fn: HIRFunction, env: Env): void {
           break;
         }
         case 'PropertyLoad': {
-          if (
-            isUseRefType(value.object.identifier) &&
-            value.property === 'current'
-          ) {
-            continue;
-          }
-          const temp = env.lookup(value.object);
-          if (temp != null) {
-            env.define(lvalue, temp);
-          }
+          // Property loads are not aliases of the base object. If we alias them
+          // to the base place, marking one ref-like property can overtaint the
+          // whole object and unrelated properties.
           break;
         }
       }
diff --git a/packages/eslint-plugin-react-hooks/__tests__/ReactCompilerRuleRefs-test.ts b/packages/eslint-plugin-react-hooks/__tests__/ReactCompilerRuleRefs-test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d15e2fb64e4c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/eslint-plugin-react-hooks/__tests__/ReactCompilerRuleRefs-test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+ */
+
+import {RuleTester} from 'eslint';
+import {allRules} from '../src/shared/ReactCompiler';
+
+const ESLintTesterV8 = require('eslint-v8').RuleTester;
+
+type CompilerTestCases = {
+  valid: RuleTester.ValidTestCase[];
+  invalid: RuleTester.InvalidTestCase[];
+};
+
+const tests: CompilerTestCases = {
+  valid: [
+    {
+      name: 'does not mark entire props object as ref when using ref prop',
+      filename: 'test.js',
+      code: `
+        function Test(props) {
+          return (
+            <div>
+              <button ref={props.buttonRef}>{props.text}</button>
+            </div>
+          );
+        }
+      `,
+    },
+  ],
+  invalid: [
+    {
+      name: 'disallows direct ref access during render',
+      filename: 'test.js',
+      code: `
+        import {useRef} from 'react';
+        function Test() {
+          const ref = useRef(null);
+          return <div>{ref.current}</div>;
+        }
+      `,
+      errors: [{message: /Cannot access refs during render/}],
+    },
+  ],
+};
+
+const eslintTester = new ESLintTesterV8({
+  parser: require.resolve('hermes-eslint'),
+  parserOptions: {
+    sourceType: 'module',
+  },
+});
+
+eslintTester.run('react-compiler refs', allRules['refs'].rule, tests);