diff --git a/src/babel/traversal/scope.js b/src/babel/traversal/scope.js
index 5c006703b8..5126e57de5 100644
--- a/src/babel/traversal/scope.js
+++ b/src/babel/traversal/scope.js
@@ -174,6 +174,10 @@ export default class Scope {
    */
 
   generateTempBasedOnNode(node: Object): ?Object {
+    if (t.isThisExpression(node)) {
+      return null;
+    }
+
     if (t.isIdentifier(node) && this.hasBinding(node.name)) {
       return null;
     }