diff --git a/lib/6to5/transformation/transformers/react.js b/lib/6to5/transformation/transformers/react.js
index 2842560fc4..341d6b1492 100644
--- a/lib/6to5/transformation/transformers/react.js
+++ b/lib/6to5/transformation/transformers/react.js
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 
 var esutils = require("esutils");
 var t       = require("../../types");
+var _       = require("lodash");
 
 exports.XJSIdentifier = function (node) {
   if (esutils.keyword.isIdentifierName(node.name)) {
@@ -138,7 +139,7 @@ exports.XJSElement = {
     for (i in node.children) {
       var child = node.children[i];
 
-      if (t.isLiteral(child)) {
+      if (t.isLiteral(child) && _.isString(child.value)) {
         var lines = child.value.split(/\r\n|\n|\r/);
 
         for (i in lines) {