diff --git a/crates/oxc_transformer/src/react/refresh.rs b/crates/oxc_transformer/src/react/refresh.rs
index ee49396e6811f..e53294b151e3d 100644
--- a/crates/oxc_transformer/src/react/refresh.rs
+++ b/crates/oxc_transformer/src/react/refresh.rs
@@ -930,7 +930,7 @@ fn is_componentish_name(name: &str) -> bool {
 }
 
 fn is_use_hook_name(name: &str) -> bool {
-    name.starts_with("use") && name.chars().nth(3).unwrap().is_ascii_uppercase()
+    name.starts_with("use") && name.as_bytes().get(3).map_or(true, u8::is_ascii_uppercase)
 }
 
 #[rustfmt::skip]
diff --git a/tasks/transform_conformance/tests/babel-plugin-transform-react-jsx/test/fixtures/refresh/generates-valid-signature-for-exotic-ways-to-call-hooks/input.jsx b/tasks/transform_conformance/tests/babel-plugin-transform-react-jsx/test/fixtures/refresh/generates-valid-signature-for-exotic-ways-to-call-hooks/input.jsx
index d06e653ec6bc4..fe2c0164669ec 100644
--- a/tasks/transform_conformance/tests/babel-plugin-transform-react-jsx/test/fixtures/refresh/generates-valid-signature-for-exotic-ways-to-call-hooks/input.jsx
+++ b/tasks/transform_conformance/tests/babel-plugin-transform-react-jsx/test/fixtures/refresh/generates-valid-signature-for-exotic-ways-to-call-hooks/input.jsx
@@ -10,5 +10,6 @@ export default function App() {
   const baz = FancyHook.useThing();
   React.useState();
   useThePlatform();
+  use();
   return <h1>{bar}{baz}</h1>;
 }
diff --git a/tasks/transform_conformance/tests/babel-plugin-transform-react-jsx/test/fixtures/refresh/generates-valid-signature-for-exotic-ways-to-call-hooks/output.js b/tasks/transform_conformance/tests/babel-plugin-transform-react-jsx/test/fixtures/refresh/generates-valid-signature-for-exotic-ways-to-call-hooks/output.js
index 343b414fe23d8..61f96df3c9edc 100644
--- a/tasks/transform_conformance/tests/babel-plugin-transform-react-jsx/test/fixtures/refresh/generates-valid-signature-for-exotic-ways-to-call-hooks/output.js
+++ b/tasks/transform_conformance/tests/babel-plugin-transform-react-jsx/test/fixtures/refresh/generates-valid-signature-for-exotic-ways-to-call-hooks/output.js
@@ -15,9 +15,10 @@ export default function App() {
 	const baz = FancyHook.useThing();
 	React.useState();
 	useThePlatform();
+	use();
 	return _jsxs("h1", { children: [bar, baz] });
 }
-_s2(App, "useFancyState{bar}\\nuseThing{baz}\\nuseState{}\\nuseThePlatform{}", true, function() {
+_s2(App, "useFancyState{bar}\\nuseThing{baz}\\nuseState{}\\nuseThePlatform{}\\nuse{}", true, function() {
 	return [FancyHook.useThing];
 });
 _c = App;