diff --git a/types/react-router-dom/react-router-dom-tests.tsx b/types/react-router-dom/react-router-dom-tests.tsx
index a7715e9ea1..9a524e88df 100644
--- a/types/react-router-dom/react-router-dom-tests.tsx
+++ b/types/react-router-dom/react-router-dom-tests.tsx
@@ -39,5 +39,7 @@ const Component: React.SFC<OtherProps> = props => {
 
 <Link to="/url" />;
 
-const acceptRef = (node: HTMLAnchorElement | null) => {};
-<Link to="/url" replace={true} innerRef={acceptRef} />;
+const refCallback: React.Ref<HTMLAnchorElement> = node => {};
+<Link to="/url" replace={true} innerRef={refCallback} />;
+const ref = React.createRef<HTMLAnchorElement>();
+<Link to="/url" replace={true} innerRef={ref} />;