diff --git a/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-compiler/src/Entrypoint/Pipeline.ts b/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-compiler/src/Entrypoint/Pipeline.ts
index 6c31306274..3a2a105de0 100644
--- a/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-compiler/src/Entrypoint/Pipeline.ts
+++ b/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-compiler/src/Entrypoint/Pipeline.ts
@@ -155,11 +155,7 @@ function* runWithEnvironment(
   validateContextVariableLValues(hir);
   validateUseMemo(hir);
 
-  if (
-    !env.config.enablePreserveExistingManualUseMemo &&
-    !env.config.disableMemoizationForDebugging &&
-    !env.config.enableChangeDetectionForDebugging
-  ) {
+  if (!env.preserveManualMemo()) {
     dropManualMemoization(hir);
     yield log({kind: 'hir', name: 'DropManualMemoization', value: hir});
   }
diff --git a/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-compiler/src/HIR/Environment.ts b/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-compiler/src/HIR/Environment.ts
index 3dd824effb..333b58f119 100644
--- a/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-compiler/src/HIR/Environment.ts
+++ b/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-compiler/src/HIR/Environment.ts
@@ -765,6 +765,14 @@ export class Environment {
       return DefaultMutatingHook;
     }
   }
+
+  preserveManualMemo(): boolean {
+    return (
+      this.config.enablePreserveExistingManualUseMemo ||
+      this.config.disableMemoizationForDebugging ||
+      this.config.enableChangeDetectionForDebugging != null
+    );
+  }
 }
 
 // From https://github.com/facebook/react/blob/main/packages/eslint-plugin-react-hooks/src/RulesOfHooks.js#LL18C1-L23C2
diff --git a/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-compiler/src/ReactiveScopes/MemoizeFbtAndMacroOperandsInSameScope.ts b/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-compiler/src/ReactiveScopes/MemoizeFbtAndMacroOperandsInSameScope.ts
index cddfc128fc..4b273dce0c 100644
--- a/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-compiler/src/ReactiveScopes/MemoizeFbtAndMacroOperandsInSameScope.ts
+++ b/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-compiler/src/ReactiveScopes/MemoizeFbtAndMacroOperandsInSameScope.ts
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ export function memoizeFbtAndMacroOperandsInSameScope(
   const fbtMacroTags = new Set([
     ...FBT_TAGS,
     ...(fn.env.config.customMacros ?? []),
+    ...(fn.env.preserveManualMemo() ? ["useMemo", "useCallback"] : []),
   ]);
   const fbtValues: Set<IdentifierId> = new Set();
   while (true) {
diff --git a/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-compiler/src/__tests__/fixtures/compiler/useMemo-simple-preserved-nomemo.expect.md b/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-compiler/src/__tests__/fixtures/compiler/useMemo-simple-preserved-nomemo.expect.md
index d67a7aafa4..4623ce6dcf 100644
--- a/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-compiler/src/__tests__/fixtures/compiler/useMemo-simple-preserved-nomemo.expect.md
+++ b/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-compiler/src/__tests__/fixtures/compiler/useMemo-simple-preserved-nomemo.expect.md
@@ -25,33 +25,18 @@ import { c as _c } from "react/compiler-runtime"; // @disableMemoizationForDebug
 import { useMemo } from "react";
 
 function Component(t0) {
-  const $ = _c(5);
+  const $ = _c(2);
   const { a } = t0;
+  const x = useMemo(() => [a], []);
   let t1;
-  if ($[0] !== a || true) {
-    t1 = () => [a];
-    $[0] = a;
+  if ($[0] !== x || true) {
+    t1 = <div>{x}</div>;
+    $[0] = x;
     $[1] = t1;
   } else {
     t1 = $[1];
   }
-  let t2;
-  if ($[2] === Symbol.for("react.memo_cache_sentinel") || true) {
-    t2 = [];
-    $[2] = t2;
-  } else {
-    t2 = $[2];
-  }
-  const x = useMemo(t1, t2);
-  let t3;
-  if ($[3] !== x || true) {
-    t3 = <div>{x}</div>;
-    $[3] = x;
-    $[4] = t3;
-  } else {
-    t3 = $[4];
-  }
-  return t3;
+  return t1;
 }
 
 export const FIXTURE_ENTRYPOINT = {
diff --git a/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-compiler/src/__tests__/fixtures/compiler/useMemo-simple-preserved.expect.md b/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-compiler/src/__tests__/fixtures/compiler/useMemo-simple-preserved.expect.md
index c1ea3343a0..ab4780bbd6 100644
--- a/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-compiler/src/__tests__/fixtures/compiler/useMemo-simple-preserved.expect.md
+++ b/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-compiler/src/__tests__/fixtures/compiler/useMemo-simple-preserved.expect.md
@@ -25,33 +25,18 @@ import { c as _c } from "react/compiler-runtime"; // @enablePreserveExistingManu
 import { useMemo } from "react";
 
 function Component(t0) {
-  const $ = _c(5);
+  const $ = _c(2);
   const { a } = t0;
+  const x = useMemo(() => [a], []);
   let t1;
-  if ($[0] !== a) {
-    t1 = () => [a];
-    $[0] = a;
+  if ($[0] !== x) {
+    t1 = <div>{x}</div>;
+    $[0] = x;
     $[1] = t1;
   } else {
     t1 = $[1];
   }
-  let t2;
-  if ($[2] === Symbol.for("react.memo_cache_sentinel")) {
-    t2 = [];
-    $[2] = t2;
-  } else {
-    t2 = $[2];
-  }
-  const x = useMemo(t1, t2);
-  let t3;
-  if ($[3] !== x) {
-    t3 = <div>{x}</div>;
-    $[3] = x;
-    $[4] = t3;
-  } else {
-    t3 = $[4];
-  }
-  return t3;
+  return t1;
 }
 
 export const FIXTURE_ENTRYPOINT = {