diff --git a/packages/plugin-react/src/reactCompilerPreset.test.ts b/packages/plugin-react/src/reactCompilerPreset.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8cc1a8f1b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/plugin-react/src/reactCompilerPreset.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,166 @@
+import { describe, expect, test } from 'vitest'
+import { defaultCodeFilter } from './reactCompilerPreset'
+
+describe('defaultCodeFilter', () => {
+  const cases: Record<string, [code: string, expected: boolean]> = {
+    directive: ['"use memo";', true],
+
+    'component declaration': ['function App() { return <></> }', true],
+    'component declaration with types': [
+      'function App(): Type { return <></> }',
+      true,
+    ],
+    'component arrow expression': [
+      'const MyComponent = () => { return <></> }',
+      true,
+    ],
+    'component arrow expression with types (1)': [
+      'const MyComponent = (): Type => { return <></> }',
+      true,
+    ],
+    'component arrow expression with types (2)': [
+      'const MyComponent: Type = () => { return <></> }',
+      true,
+    ],
+    'component arrow expression with types (3)': [
+      'const MyComponent: SomeComplexType<Generic, number> = () => { return <></> }',
+      true,
+    ],
+    'component arrow expressions': [
+      'const a = 0, MyComponent = () => { return <></> }',
+      true,
+    ],
+    'component arrow expressions (let)': [
+      'let a = 0, MyComponent = () => { return <></> }',
+      true,
+    ],
+    'component function expression': [
+      'const MyComponent = function() { return <></> }',
+      true,
+    ],
+    'component function expression with types (1)': [
+      'const MyComponent = function(): Type { return <></> }',
+      true,
+    ],
+    'component function expression with types (2)': [
+      'const MyComponent: Type = function() { return <></> }',
+      true,
+    ],
+    'component function expression with types (3)': [
+      'const MyComponent: SomeComplexType<Generic, number> = function() { return <></> }',
+      true,
+    ],
+    'component function expression (let)': [
+      'let MyComponent = function() { return <></> }',
+      true,
+    ],
+    'component function expression (var)': [
+      'var MyComponent = function() { return <></> }',
+      true,
+    ],
+    'exported component declaration': [
+      'export default function Page() { return <></> }',
+      true,
+    ],
+    'exported component declaration with types': [
+      'export default function Page(): Type { return <></> }',
+      true,
+    ],
+    'component assignment': [
+      'let MyComponent; MyComponent = function() { return <></> }',
+      true,
+    ],
+    'component default declaration': [
+      'const { MyComponent = function() { return <></> } } = {}',
+      true,
+    ],
+    'component default assignment': [
+      'let MyComponent; ({ MyComponent = function() { return <></> } }) = {}',
+      true,
+    ],
+    'component property function expression': [
+      'const components = { MyComponent: function() { return <></> } }',
+      true,
+    ],
+    'component property arrow function expression': [
+      'const components = { MyComponent: () => <></> }',
+      true,
+    ],
+    'component method': [
+      'const components = { MyComponent() { return <></> } }',
+      true,
+    ],
+
+    'hook declaration': ['function useEffect() { return <></> }', true],
+    'hook arrow expression': ['const useMyHook = () => { return <></> }', true],
+    'hook function expression': [
+      'const useMyHook = function() { return <></> }',
+      true,
+    ],
+    'hook with digit': ['function use0() { return <></> }', true],
+    'hook using hooks': [
+      'function useMyHook() { return useOtherHook() }',
+      true,
+    ],
+    'hook using nested hooks': [
+      'function useMyHook() { return Foo.useOtherHook() }',
+      true,
+    ],
+
+    'React.forwardRef': ['React.forwardRef(() => <></>)', true],
+    'React.memo': ['React.memo(() => <></>)', true],
+    forwardRef: [
+      'import { forwardRef } from "react"; forwardRef(() => <></>)',
+      true,
+    ],
+    memo: ['import { memo } from "react"; memo(() => <></>)', true],
+
+    'edge case: memo callback with hooks': [
+      `import React, { useState } from "react";
+import { jsx } from "react/jsx-runtime"
+
+export const components = {
+  A: React.memo(() => {
+    const [state, setState] = useState(0);
+
+    return jsx("div", { children: state })
+  })
+}`,
+      true,
+    ],
+    'edge case: memo without namespace': [
+      `import { memo, useState } from "react";
+
+export default memo(() => {
+  const [count, setCount] = useState(0);
+  return <div>{count}</div>
+})`,
+      true,
+    ],
+    'edge case: memo without namespace from re-export': [
+      `import { memo, useState } from "my-react";
+
+export default memo(() => {
+  const [count, setCount] = useState(0);
+  return <div>{count}</div>
+})`,
+      true,
+    ],
+
+    'simple variable': ['const foo = 1', false],
+    'lowercase function': ['function bar() {}', false],
+    'lowercase arrow function': ['let baz = () => {}', false],
+    'non assignments (1)': ['(0,useState)()', false],
+    'non assignments (2)': ['[useState][0]()', false],
+    'non assignments (3)': ['useState;s()', false],
+    'non assignments (4)': ['useState,s()', false],
+    'object without methods (1)': ['const obj = { useState: 1 }', false],
+    'object without methods (2)': ['const obj = { Foo: 1 }', false],
+  }
+
+  for (const [name, [code, expected]] of Object.entries(cases)) {
+    test(name, () => {
+      expect(defaultCodeFilter.test(code)).toBe(expected)
+    })
+  }
+})
diff --git a/packages/plugin-react/src/reactCompilerPreset.ts b/packages/plugin-react/src/reactCompilerPreset.ts
index 8d750f806..cc8bb42af 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-react/src/reactCompilerPreset.ts
+++ b/packages/plugin-react/src/reactCompilerPreset.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ import type {
   RolldownBabelPreset,
 } from '#optionalTypes'
 
+export const defaultCodeFilter =
+  /forwardRef|memo|(?:const|let|var|function)\s+(?:[A-Z]|use[A-Z0-9])|(?:[A-Z]|use[A-Z0-9])[^\s:=(){}[\],;]*\s*(?:\(|[:=]\s*(?:function|\())/
+
 export const reactCompilerPreset = (
   options: Pick<
     ReactCompilerBabelPluginOptions,
@@ -18,7 +21,7 @@ export const reactCompilerPreset = (
       code:
         options.compilationMode === 'annotation'
           ? /['"]use memo['"]/
-          : /\b[A-Z]|\buse/,
+          : defaultCodeFilter,
     },
     applyToEnvironmentHook: (env) => env.config.consumer === 'client',
     optimizeDeps: {