diff --git a/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-compiler/src/HIR/HIR.ts b/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-compiler/src/HIR/HIR.ts
index f0ada2d3708fb..fa7b462263368 100644
--- a/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-compiler/src/HIR/HIR.ts
+++ b/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-compiler/src/HIR/HIR.ts
@@ -1205,7 +1205,7 @@ export type ValidIdentifierName = string & {
   [opaqueValidIdentifierName]: 'ValidIdentifierName';
 };
 
-export function makeTemporary(
+export function makeTemporaryIdentifier(
   id: IdentifierId,
   loc: SourceLocation,
 ): Identifier {
diff --git a/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-compiler/src/HIR/HIRBuilder.ts b/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-compiler/src/HIR/HIRBuilder.ts
index 890a27f4d4c2c..6badff5b29798 100644
--- a/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-compiler/src/HIR/HIRBuilder.ts
+++ b/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-compiler/src/HIR/HIRBuilder.ts
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ import {
   makeBlockId,
   makeIdentifierName,
   makeInstructionId,
-  makeTemporary,
+  makeTemporaryIdentifier,
   makeType,
 } from './HIR';
 import {printInstruction} from './PrintHIR';
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ export default class HIRBuilder {
 
   makeTemporary(loc: SourceLocation): Identifier {
     const id = this.nextIdentifierId;
-    return makeTemporary(id, loc);
+    return makeTemporaryIdentifier(id, loc);
   }
 
   #resolveBabelBinding(
@@ -891,14 +891,7 @@ export function createTemporaryPlace(
 ): Place {
   return {
     kind: 'Identifier',
-    identifier: {
-      id: env.nextIdentifierId,
-      mutableRange: {start: makeInstructionId(0), end: makeInstructionId(0)},
-      name: null,
-      scope: null,
-      type: makeType(),
-      loc,
-    },
+    identifier: makeTemporaryIdentifier(env.nextIdentifierId, loc),
     reactive: false,
     effect: Effect.Unknown,
     loc: GeneratedSource,