diff --git a/packages/babel-helper-builder-react-jsx-experimental/src/index.js b/packages/babel-helper-builder-react-jsx-experimental/src/index.js
index 00fee16593..a2f47e1f46 100644
--- a/packages/babel-helper-builder-react-jsx-experimental/src/index.js
+++ b/packages/babel-helper-builder-react-jsx-experimental/src/index.js
@@ -437,7 +437,7 @@ You can set \`throwIfNamespace: false\` to bypass this warning.`,
     const location = path.node.loc;
     if (!location) {
       // the element was generated and doesn't have location information
-      return;
+      return path.scope.buildUndefinedNode();
     }
 
     if (!state.fileNameIdentifier) {
diff --git a/packages/babel-plugin-transform-react-jsx-development/test/fixtures/cross-platform/generated-jsx/input.js b/packages/babel-plugin-transform-react-jsx-development/test/fixtures/cross-platform/generated-jsx/input.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8b1a393741
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/babel-plugin-transform-react-jsx-development/test/fixtures/cross-platform/generated-jsx/input.js
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+// empty
diff --git a/packages/babel-plugin-transform-react-jsx-development/test/fixtures/cross-platform/generated-jsx/options.json b/packages/babel-plugin-transform-react-jsx-development/test/fixtures/cross-platform/generated-jsx/options.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..35d2bd9ccc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/babel-plugin-transform-react-jsx-development/test/fixtures/cross-platform/generated-jsx/options.json
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+  "plugins": [
+    "./plugin.js",
+    ["transform-react-jsx-development", { "runtime": "automatic" }]
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/packages/babel-plugin-transform-react-jsx-development/test/fixtures/cross-platform/generated-jsx/output.js b/packages/babel-plugin-transform-react-jsx-development/test/fixtures/cross-platform/generated-jsx/output.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e65a503503
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/babel-plugin-transform-react-jsx-development/test/fixtures/cross-platform/generated-jsx/output.js
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+// empty
+
+var _reactJsxDevRuntime = require("react/jsx-dev-runtime");
+
+/*#__PURE__*/
+_reactJsxDevRuntime.jsxDEV("div", {}, void 0, false, void 0, this)
diff --git a/packages/babel-plugin-transform-react-jsx-development/test/fixtures/cross-platform/generated-jsx/plugin.js b/packages/babel-plugin-transform-react-jsx-development/test/fixtures/cross-platform/generated-jsx/plugin.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..684f890407
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/babel-plugin-transform-react-jsx-development/test/fixtures/cross-platform/generated-jsx/plugin.js
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+module.exports = function ({ types: t }) {
+  return {
+    visitor: {
+      Program: {
+        enter(path) {
+          path.pushContainer(
+            "body",
+            t.JSXElement(
+              t.JSXOpeningElement(t.JSXIdentifier("div"), [], false),
+              t.JSXClosingElement(t.JSXIdentifier("div")),
+              []
+            )
+          );
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  };
+};