diff --git a/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-forget/src/Entrypoint/Program.ts b/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-forget/src/Entrypoint/Program.ts
index 52c2b2ad31..cbcf52fe31 100644
--- a/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-forget/src/Entrypoint/Program.ts
+++ b/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-forget/src/Entrypoint/Program.ts
@@ -270,6 +270,20 @@ export function compileProgram(
   // Main traversal to compile with Forget
   program.traverse(
     {
+      ClassDeclaration(node: NodePath<t.ClassDeclaration>) {
+        // Don't visit functions defined inside classes, because they
+        // can reference `this` which is unsafe for compilation
+        node.skip();
+        return;
+      },
+
+      ClassExpression(node: NodePath<t.ClassExpression>) {
+        // Don't visit functions defined inside classes, because they
+        // can reference `this` which is unsafe for compilation
+        node.skip();
+        return;
+      },
+
       FunctionDeclaration(
         fn: NodePath<t.FunctionDeclaration>,
         pass: CompilerPass
diff --git a/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-forget/src/__tests__/fixtures/compiler/class-component-with-render-helper.expect.md b/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-forget/src/__tests__/fixtures/compiler/class-component-with-render-helper.expect.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..11abaa66ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-forget/src/__tests__/fixtures/compiler/class-component-with-render-helper.expect.md
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+
+## Input
+
+```javascript
+// @compilationMode(infer)
+class Component {
+  _renderMessage = () => {
+    const Message = () => {
+      const message = this.state.message;
+      return <div>{message}</div>;
+    };
+    return <Message />;
+  };
+
+  render() {
+    return this._renderMessage();
+  }
+}
+
+```
+
+## Code
+
+```javascript
+// @compilationMode(infer)
+class Component {
+  _renderMessage = () => {
+    const Message = () => {
+      const message = this.state.message;
+      return <div>{message}</div>;
+    };
+    return <Message />;
+  };
+
+  render() {
+    return this._renderMessage();
+  }
+}
+
+```
+      
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-forget/src/__tests__/fixtures/compiler/class-component-with-render-helper.js b/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-forget/src/__tests__/fixtures/compiler/class-component-with-render-helper.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..90cba5b265
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-forget/src/__tests__/fixtures/compiler/class-component-with-render-helper.js
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+// @compilationMode(infer)
+class Component {
+  _renderMessage = () => {
+    const Message = () => {
+      const message = this.state.message;
+      return <div>{message}</div>;
+    };
+    return <Message />;
+  };
+
+  render() {
+    return this._renderMessage();
+  }
+}
diff --git a/compiler/packages/sprout/src/SproutTodoFilter.ts b/compiler/packages/sprout/src/SproutTodoFilter.ts
index 9618e38042..985392e954 100644
--- a/compiler/packages/sprout/src/SproutTodoFilter.ts
+++ b/compiler/packages/sprout/src/SproutTodoFilter.ts
@@ -450,6 +450,7 @@ const skipFilter = new Set([
   "infer-function-expression-component",
   "infer-function-expression-React-memo-gating",
   "infer-skip-components-without-hooks-or-jsx",
+  "class-component-with-render-helper",
 ]);
 
 export default skipFilter;