diff --git a/crates/oxc_semantic/src/post_transform_checker.rs b/crates/oxc_semantic/src/post_transform_checker.rs
index 12851449d1ca22..c6a6fc4fc0fd4a 100644
--- a/crates/oxc_semantic/src/post_transform_checker.rs
+++ b/crates/oxc_semantic/src/post_transform_checker.rs
@@ -324,6 +324,7 @@ impl<'s> PostTransformChecker<'s> {
     fn check_scopes(&mut self) {
         if self.get_static_pair(|data| data.ids.scope_ids.len()).is_mismatch() {
             self.errors.push("Scopes mismatch after transform");
+            return;
         }
 
         for scope_ids in self
@@ -409,6 +410,8 @@ impl<'s> PostTransformChecker<'s> {
             if self.remap_scope_ids_sets(&child_ids).is_mismatch() {
                 self.errors.push_mismatch("Scope children mismatch", scope_ids, child_ids);
             }
+
+            // NB: Skip checking node IDs match - transformer does not set `AstNodeId`s
         }
     }
 
@@ -484,18 +487,8 @@ impl<'s> PostTransformChecker<'s> {
     }
 
     fn check_references(&mut self) {
-        // Check whether references are valid
-        for reference_id in self.rebuilt.ids.reference_ids.iter().copied() {
-            let reference = self.rebuilt.symbols.get_reference(reference_id);
-            if reference.flags().is_empty() {
-                self.errors.push(format!(
-                    "Expect ReferenceFlags for IdentifierReference({reference_id:?}) to not be empty"
-                ));
-            }
-        }
-
         if self.get_static_pair(|data| data.ids.reference_ids.len()).is_mismatch() {
-            self.errors.push("ReferenceId mismatch after transform");
+            self.errors.push("References mismatch after transform");
             return;
         }