diff --git a/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-compiler/src/Entrypoint/Program.ts b/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-compiler/src/Entrypoint/Program.ts
index 2880e9283c77..75b54a7dc7ec 100644
--- a/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-compiler/src/Entrypoint/Program.ts
+++ b/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-compiler/src/Entrypoint/Program.ts
@@ -895,7 +895,7 @@ function hasMemoCacheFunctionImport(
 }
 
 function isHookName(s: string): boolean {
-  return /^use[A-Z0-9]/.test(s);
+  return /^use[A-Z0-9]/.test(s) || s === 'use';
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-compiler/src/__tests__/fixtures/compiler/use-operator-in-hook.expect.md b/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-compiler/src/__tests__/fixtures/compiler/use-operator-in-hook.expect.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a22fc4e54100
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-compiler/src/__tests__/fixtures/compiler/use-operator-in-hook.expect.md
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+
+## Input
+
+```javascript
+// @compilationMode:"infer"
+import {use} from 'react';
+
+const MyContext = React.createContext(null);
+
+function useMyContext() {
+  const context = use(MyContext);
+  return [context];
+}
+
+export const FIXTURE_ENTRYPOINT = {
+  fn: useMyContext,
+  params: [],
+};
+
+```
+
+## Code
+
+```javascript
+import { c as _c } from "react/compiler-runtime"; // @compilationMode:"infer"
+import { use } from "react";
+
+const MyContext = React.createContext(null);
+
+function useMyContext() {
+  const $ = _c(2);
+  const context = use(MyContext);
+  let t0;
+  if ($[0] !== context) {
+    t0 = [context];
+    $[0] = context;
+    $[1] = t0;
+  } else {
+    t0 = $[1];
+  }
+  return t0;
+}
+
+export const FIXTURE_ENTRYPOINT = {
+  fn: useMyContext,
+  params: [],
+};
+
+```
+      
+### Eval output
+(kind: ok) [null]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-compiler/src/__tests__/fixtures/compiler/use-operator-in-hook.js b/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-compiler/src/__tests__/fixtures/compiler/use-operator-in-hook.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..dfa92b78bf08
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-compiler/src/__tests__/fixtures/compiler/use-operator-in-hook.js
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+// @compilationMode:"infer"
+import {use} from 'react';
+
+const MyContext = React.createContext(null);
+
+function useMyContext() {
+  const context = use(MyContext);
+  return [context];
+}
+
+export const FIXTURE_ENTRYPOINT = {
+  fn: useMyContext,
+  params: [],
+};