diff --git a/packages/plugin-react/src/jsx-runtime/restore-jsx.spec.ts b/packages/plugin-react/src/jsx-runtime/restore-jsx.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..adbd7a60599c25
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/plugin-react/src/jsx-runtime/restore-jsx.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+import { restoreJSX } from './restore-jsx'
+import * as babel from '@babel/core'
+
+async function jsx(sourceCode: string) {
+  const [ast] = await restoreJSX(babel, sourceCode, 'test.js')
+  if (ast === null) {
+    return ast
+  }
+  const { code } = await babel.transformFromAstAsync(ast, null, {
+    configFile: false
+  })
+  return code
+}
+// jsx(`import React__default, { PureComponent, Component, forwardRef, memo, createElement } from 'react';
+// React__default.createElement(Foo)`)
+// Tests adapted from: https://github.com/flying-sheep/babel-plugin-transform-react-createelement-to-jsx/blob/63137b6/test/index.js
+describe('restore-jsx', () => {
+  it('should trans to ', async () => {
+    expect(
+      await jsx(`import React__default, { PureComponent, Component, forwardRef, memo, createElement } from 'react';
+      React__default.createElement(foo)`)
+    ).toBeNull()
+    expect(
+      await jsx(`import React__default, { PureComponent, Component, forwardRef, memo, createElement } from 'react';
+      React__default.createElement("h1")`)
+    ).toMatch(`<h1 />;`)
+    expect(
+      await jsx(`import React__default, { PureComponent, Component, forwardRef, memo, createElement } from 'react';
+      React__default.createElement(Foo)`)
+    ).toMatch(`<Foo />;`)
+    expect(
+      await jsx(`import React__default, { PureComponent, Component, forwardRef, memo, createElement } from 'react';
+      React__default.createElement(Foo.Bar)`)
+    ).toMatch(`<Foo.Bar />;`)
+    expect(
+      await jsx(`import React__default, { PureComponent, Component, forwardRef, memo, createElement } from 'react';
+    React__default.createElement(Foo.Bar.Baz)`)
+    ).toMatch(`<Foo.Bar.Baz />;`)
+  })
+
+  it('should handle props', async () => {
+    expect(
+      await jsx(`import React__default, { PureComponent, Component, forwardRef, memo, createElement } from 'react';
+      React__default.createElement(foo, {hi: there})`)
+    ).toBeNull()
+    expect(
+      await jsx(`import React__default, { PureComponent, Component, forwardRef, memo, createElement } from 'react';
+    React__default.createElement("h1", {hi: there})`)
+    ).toMatch(`<h1 hi={there} />;`)
+    expect(
+      await jsx(`import React__default, { PureComponent, Component, forwardRef, memo, createElement } from 'react';
+      React__default.createElement(Foo, {hi: there})`)
+    ).toMatch(`<Foo hi={there} />;`)
+  })
+})
diff --git a/packages/plugin-react/src/jsx-runtime/restore-jsx.ts b/packages/plugin-react/src/jsx-runtime/restore-jsx.ts
index 268153f4ba5d45..dbc2218d2343ff 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-react/src/jsx-runtime/restore-jsx.ts
+++ b/packages/plugin-react/src/jsx-runtime/restore-jsx.ts
@@ -20,32 +20,42 @@ export async function restoreJSX(
   }
 
   const [reactAlias, isCommonJS] = parseReactAlias(code)
+
   if (!reactAlias) {
     return jsxNotFound
   }
 
-  const reactJsxRE = new RegExp(
-    '\\b' + reactAlias + '\\.(createElement|Fragment)\\b',
-    'g'
-  )
-
   let hasCompiledJsx = false
-  code = code.replace(reactJsxRE, (_, prop) => {
-    hasCompiledJsx = true
-    // Replace with "React" so JSX can be reverse compiled.
-    return 'React.' + prop
-  })
+
+  const fragmentPattern = `\\b${reactAlias}\\.Fragment\\b`
+  const createElementPattern = `\\b${reactAlias}\\.createElement\\(\\s*([A-Z"'][\\w$.]*["']?)`
+
+  // Replace the alias with "React" so JSX can be reverse compiled.
+  code = code
+    .replace(new RegExp(fragmentPattern, 'g'), () => {
+      hasCompiledJsx = true
+      return 'React.Fragment'
+    })
+    .replace(new RegExp(createElementPattern, 'g'), (original, component) => {
+      if (/^[a-z][\w$]*$/.test(component)) {
+        // Take care not to replace the alias for `createElement` calls whose
+        // component is a lowercased variable, since the `restoreJSX` Babel
+        // plugin leaves them untouched.
+        return original
+      }
+      hasCompiledJsx = true
+      return (
+        'React.createElement(' +
+        // Assume `Fragment` is equivalent to `React.Fragment` so modules
+        // that use `import {Fragment} from 'react'` are reverse compiled.
+        (component === 'Fragment' ? 'React.Fragment' : component)
+      )
+    })
 
   if (!hasCompiledJsx) {
     return jsxNotFound
   }
 
-  // Support modules that use `import {Fragment} from 'react'`
-  code = code.replace(
-    /createElement\(Fragment,/g,
-    'createElement(React.Fragment,'
-  )
-
   babelRestoreJSX ||= import('./babel-restore-jsx')
 
   const result = await babel.transformAsync(code, {