diff --git a/src/babel/traversal/path/lib/virtual-types.js b/src/babel/traversal/path/lib/virtual-types.js
index 0698e92ec0..2f6b68104c 100644
--- a/src/babel/traversal/path/lib/virtual-types.js
+++ b/src/babel/traversal/path/lib/virtual-types.js
@@ -1,9 +1,20 @@
+import * as react from "../../../transformation/helpers/react";
 import * as t from "../../../types";
 
 export var ReferencedIdentifier = {
   types: ["Identifier", "JSXIdentifier"],
   checkPath({ node, parent }, opts) {
-    return (t.isIdentifier(node, opts) || t.isJSXIdentifier(node, opts)) && t.isReferenced(node, parent);
+    if (!t.isIdentifier(node, opts)) {
+      if (t.isJSXIdentifier(node, opts)) {
+        if (react.isCompatTag(node.name)) return false;
+      } else {
+        // not a JSXIdentifier or an Identifier
+        return false;
+      }
+    }
+
+    // check if node is referenced
+    return t.isReferenced(node, parent);
   }
 };
 
diff --git a/test/core/fixtures/transformation/es6.block-scoping/jsx-identifier/actual.js b/test/core/fixtures/transformation/es6.block-scoping/jsx-identifier/actual.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0a1de6732d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/core/fixtures/transformation/es6.block-scoping/jsx-identifier/actual.js
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+// #1683
+
+var arr = [];
+for(let i = 0; i < 4; ++i) {
+  arr.push(
+    <i></i>
+  );
+}
diff --git a/test/core/fixtures/transformation/es6.block-scoping/jsx-identifier/expected.js b/test/core/fixtures/transformation/es6.block-scoping/jsx-identifier/expected.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..77a929e4fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/core/fixtures/transformation/es6.block-scoping/jsx-identifier/expected.js
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+// #1683
+
+"use strict";
+
+var arr = [];
+for (var i = 0; i < 4; ++i) {
+  arr.push(React.createElement("i", null));
+}