From da05c44cb84dccac4d3b4f34d08ee4f815645ca2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Joe Savona <joesavona@fb.com>
Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2024 11:14:26 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Fix cloneElement using string ref w no owner

---
 packages/react/src/jsx/ReactJSXElement.js | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/packages/react/src/jsx/ReactJSXElement.js b/packages/react/src/jsx/ReactJSXElement.js
index b429db3326b5e..91d0850978668 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/jsx/ReactJSXElement.js
+++ b/packages/react/src/jsx/ReactJSXElement.js
@@ -870,7 +870,11 @@ export function cloneElement(element, config, children) {
         // Silently steal the ref from the parent.
         ref = config.ref;
         if (!disableStringRefs) {
-          ref = coerceStringRef(ref, owner, element.type);
+          let refOwner = owner;
+          if (refOwner == null) {
+            refOwner = ReactSharedInternals.owner;
+          }
+          ref = coerceStringRef(ref, refOwner, element.type);
         }
       }
       owner = ReactSharedInternals.owner;