diff --git a/src/babel/traversal/scope.js b/src/babel/traversal/scope.js
index e7f8ea1791..7351f3f818 100644
--- a/src/babel/traversal/scope.js
+++ b/src/babel/traversal/scope.js
@@ -199,6 +199,10 @@ export default class Scope {
    */
 
   generateTempBasedOnNode(node: Object): ?Object {
+    if (t.isThisExpression(node)) {
+      return null;
+    }
+
     if (t.isIdentifier(node) && this.hasBinding(node.name)) {
       return null;
     }