diff --git a/packages/babel-traverse/src/path/introspection.js b/packages/babel-traverse/src/path/introspection.js
index 1163642d0e..cda82f81cc 100644
--- a/packages/babel-traverse/src/path/introspection.js
+++ b/packages/babel-traverse/src/path/introspection.js
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ export function _guessExecutionStatusRelativeToDifferentFunctions(targetFuncPare
   for (let path of referencePaths) {
     // if a reference is a child of the function we're checking against then we can
     // safelty ignore it
-    let childOfFunction = !!path.find(path => path === targetFuncPath);
+    let childOfFunction = !!path.find(path => path.node === targetFuncPath.node);
     if (childOfFunction) continue;
 
     let status = this._guessExecutionStatusRelativeTo(path);