diff --git a/packages/babel-plugin-transform-react-jsx/test/fixtures/sourcemaps/JSXText/input.js b/packages/babel-plugin-transform-react-jsx/test/fixtures/sourcemaps/JSXText/input.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..80faad5b4f77
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/babel-plugin-transform-react-jsx/test/fixtures/sourcemaps/JSXText/input.js
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+import React from 'react';
+
+export default function App() {
+  return (
+    <div className="App">
+      <h1>Welcome to my application!</h1>
+      This is my app!
+      <strong>MINE.</strong>
+    </div>
+  )
+}
diff --git a/packages/babel-plugin-transform-react-jsx/test/fixtures/sourcemaps/JSXText/options.json b/packages/babel-plugin-transform-react-jsx/test/fixtures/sourcemaps/JSXText/options.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..70749cdfc8db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/babel-plugin-transform-react-jsx/test/fixtures/sourcemaps/JSXText/options.json
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+  "sourceType": "module",
+  "plugins": [["transform-react-jsx", { "runtime": "classic" }]],
+  "sourceMap": true
+}
diff --git a/packages/babel-plugin-transform-react-jsx/test/fixtures/sourcemaps/JSXText/output.mjs b/packages/babel-plugin-transform-react-jsx/test/fixtures/sourcemaps/JSXText/output.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d295dcddc388
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/babel-plugin-transform-react-jsx/test/fixtures/sourcemaps/JSXText/output.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+import React from 'react';
+export default function App() {
+  return /*#__PURE__*/React.createElement("div", {
+    className: "App"
+  }, /*#__PURE__*/React.createElement("h1", null, "Welcome to my application!"), "This is my app!", /*#__PURE__*/React.createElement("strong", null, "MINE."));
+}
diff --git a/packages/babel-plugin-transform-react-jsx/test/fixtures/sourcemaps/JSXText/source-map.json b/packages/babel-plugin-transform-react-jsx/test/fixtures/sourcemaps/JSXText/source-map.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1afb281ac7e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/babel-plugin-transform-react-jsx/test/fixtures/sourcemaps/JSXText/source-map.json
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+{
+  "version": 3,
+  "names": [
+    "React",
+    "App"
+  ],
+  "sources": [
+    "sourcemaps/JSXText/input.js"
+  ],
+  "sourcesContent": [
+    "import React from 'react';\n\nexport default function App() {\n  return (\n    <div className=\"App\">\n      <h1>Welcome to my application!</h1>\n      This is my app!\n      <strong>MINE.</strong>\n    </div>\n  )\n}"
+  ],
+  "mappings": "AAAA,OAAOA,KAAK,MAAM,OAAO;AAEzB,eAAe,SAASC,GAAG,GAAG;EAC5B,oBACE;IAAK,SAAS,EAAC;EAAK,gBAClB,gCAAI,4BAA0B,CAAK,mBAEnC,mDAAQ,OAAK,CAAS,CAClB;AAEV"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/babel-types/src/utils/react/cleanJSXElementLiteralChild.ts b/packages/babel-types/src/utils/react/cleanJSXElementLiteralChild.ts
index a4039e65c79c..969ae0ffb6c5 100644
--- a/packages/babel-types/src/utils/react/cleanJSXElementLiteralChild.ts
+++ b/packages/babel-types/src/utils/react/cleanJSXElementLiteralChild.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 import { stringLiteral } from "../../builders/generated";
 import type * as t from "../..";
+import { inherits } from "../..";
 
 export default function cleanJSXElementLiteralChild(
-  child: {
-    value: string;
-  },
+  child: t.JSXText,
   args: Array<t.Node>,
 ) {
   const lines = child.value.split(/\r\n|\n|\r/);
@@ -48,5 +47,5 @@ export default function cleanJSXElementLiteralChild(
     }
   }
 
-  if (str) args.push(stringLiteral(str));
+  if (str) args.push(inherits(stringLiteral(str), child));
 }