diff --git a/compiler/forget/packages/babel-plugin-react-forget/src/HIR/BuildHIR.ts b/compiler/forget/packages/babel-plugin-react-forget/src/HIR/BuildHIR.ts
index 528b3c8a57..5fa69ae6b5 100644
--- a/compiler/forget/packages/babel-plugin-react-forget/src/HIR/BuildHIR.ts
+++ b/compiler/forget/packages/babel-plugin-react-forget/src/HIR/BuildHIR.ts
@@ -2344,7 +2344,7 @@ function lowerFunctionExpression(
   if (expr.isFunctionExpression()) {
     name = expr.get("id")?.node?.name ?? null;
   }
-  const componentScope: Scope = expr.scope.parent.getFunctionParent()!;
+  const componentScope: Scope = builder.parentFunction.scope;
   const captured = gatherCapturedDeps(builder, expr, componentScope);
 
   // TODO(gsn): In the future, we could only pass in the context identifiers
diff --git a/compiler/forget/packages/babel-plugin-react-forget/src/__tests__/fixtures/compiler/repro.expect.md b/compiler/forget/packages/babel-plugin-react-forget/src/__tests__/fixtures/compiler/repro.expect.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..104f846e05
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compiler/forget/packages/babel-plugin-react-forget/src/__tests__/fixtures/compiler/repro.expect.md
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+
+## Input
+
+```javascript
+function Component(props) {
+  const item = props.item;
+  const thumbnails = [];
+  const baseVideos = getBaseVideos(item);
+  useMemo(() => {
+    baseVideos.forEach((video) => {
+      const baseVideo = video.hasBaseVideo;
+      if (Boolean(baseVideo)) {
+        thumbnails.push({ extraVideo: true });
+      }
+    });
+  });
+  return <FlatList baseVideos={baseVideos} items={thumbnails} />;
+}
+
+```
+
+## Code
+
+```javascript
+import { unstable_useMemoCache as useMemoCache } from "react";
+function Component(props) {
+  const $ = useMemoCache(6);
+  const item = props.item;
+  const c_0 = $[0] !== item;
+  let baseVideos;
+  let thumbnails;
+  if (c_0) {
+    thumbnails = [];
+    baseVideos = getBaseVideos(item);
+
+    baseVideos.forEach((video) => {
+      const baseVideo = video.hasBaseVideo;
+      if (Boolean(baseVideo)) {
+        thumbnails.push({ extraVideo: true });
+      }
+    });
+    $[0] = item;
+    $[1] = baseVideos;
+    $[2] = thumbnails;
+  } else {
+    baseVideos = $[1];
+    thumbnails = $[2];
+  }
+  const c_3 = $[3] !== baseVideos;
+  const c_4 = $[4] !== thumbnails;
+  let t0;
+  if (c_3 || c_4) {
+    t0 = <FlatList baseVideos={baseVideos} items={thumbnails} />;
+    $[3] = baseVideos;
+    $[4] = thumbnails;
+    $[5] = t0;
+  } else {
+    t0 = $[5];
+  }
+  return t0;
+}
+
+```
+      
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/compiler/forget/packages/babel-plugin-react-forget/src/__tests__/fixtures/compiler/repro.js b/compiler/forget/packages/babel-plugin-react-forget/src/__tests__/fixtures/compiler/repro.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..37134b73d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compiler/forget/packages/babel-plugin-react-forget/src/__tests__/fixtures/compiler/repro.js
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+function Component(props) {
+  const item = props.item;
+  const thumbnails = [];
+  const baseVideos = getBaseVideos(item);
+  useMemo(() => {
+    baseVideos.forEach((video) => {
+      const baseVideo = video.hasBaseVideo;
+      if (Boolean(baseVideo)) {
+        thumbnails.push({ extraVideo: true });
+      }
+    });
+  });
+  return <FlatList baseVideos={baseVideos} items={thumbnails} />;
+}