diff --git a/compiler/forget/src/__tests__/hir-test.ts b/compiler/forget/src/__tests__/hir-test.ts
index 4e4b07233a..0bc636ce16 100644
--- a/compiler/forget/src/__tests__/hir-test.ts
+++ b/compiler/forget/src/__tests__/hir-test.ts
@@ -47,10 +47,10 @@ describe("React Forget (HIR version)", () => {
           enter(nodePath) {
             const env: Environment = new Environment();
             const ir: HIRFunction = lower(nodePath, env);
-            inferReferenceEffects(ir);
             if (file.startsWith("ssa")) {
               buildSSA(ir, env);
             }
+            inferReferenceEffects(ir);
             // const lifetimeGraph = buildDefUseGraph(ir);
             const textHIR = printHIR(ir.body);
             // const textLifetimeGraph = printGraph(lifetimeGraph);