diff --git a/.changeset/famous-walls-yell.md b/.changeset/famous-walls-yell.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8a4e988f5b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/famous-walls-yell.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/core-components': patch
+---
+
+Fix issue where component types are not recognized causing the `MobileSidebar` to not render as intended.
diff --git a/packages/core-components/src/layout/Sidebar/Items.tsx b/packages/core-components/src/layout/Sidebar/Items.tsx
index b16c9ad302..fc97fdc0ce 100644
--- a/packages/core-components/src/layout/Sidebar/Items.tsx
+++ b/packages/core-components/src/layout/Sidebar/Items.tsx
@@ -284,6 +284,8 @@ function isButtonItem(
   return (props as SidebarItemLinkProps).to === undefined;
 }
 
+const sidebarSubmenuType = React.createElement(SidebarSubmenu).type;
+
 // TODO(Rugvip): Remove this once NavLink is updated in react-router-dom.
 //               This is needed because react-router doesn't handle the path comparison
 //               properly yet, matching for example /foobar with /foo.
@@ -486,7 +488,11 @@ const SidebarItemWithSubmenu = ({
 export const SidebarItem = forwardRef<any, SidebarItemProps>((props, ref) => {
   // Filter children for SidebarSubmenu components
   const [submenu] = useElementFilter(props.children, elements =>
-    elements.getElements().filter(child => child.type === SidebarSubmenu),
+    // Directly comparing child.type with SidebarSubmenu will not work with in
+    // combination with react-hot-loader
+    //
+    // https://github.com/gaearon/react-hot-loader/issues/304#issuecomment-456569720
+    elements.getElements().filter(child => child.type === sidebarSubmenuType),
   );
 
   if (submenu) {
diff --git a/packages/core-components/src/layout/Sidebar/MobileSidebar.tsx b/packages/core-components/src/layout/Sidebar/MobileSidebar.tsx
index 3819f21a02..95947f9274 100644
--- a/packages/core-components/src/layout/Sidebar/MobileSidebar.tsx
+++ b/packages/core-components/src/layout/Sidebar/MobileSidebar.tsx
@@ -102,6 +102,8 @@ const sortSidebarGroupsForPriority = (children: React.ReactElement[]) =>
     'desc',
   );
 
+const sidebarGroupType = React.createElement(SidebarGroup).type;
+
 const OverlayMenu = ({
   children,
   label = 'Menu',
@@ -162,8 +164,13 @@ export const MobileSidebar = (props: MobileSidebarProps) => {
   }, [location.pathname]);
 
   // Filter children for SidebarGroups
+  //
+  // Directly comparing child.type with SidebarSubmenu will not work with in
+  // combination with react-hot-loader
+  //
+  // https://github.com/gaearon/react-hot-loader/issues/304#issuecomment-456569720
   let sidebarGroups = useElementFilter(children, elements =>
-    elements.getElements().filter(child => child.type === SidebarGroup),
+    elements.getElements().filter(child => child.type === sidebarGroupType),
   );
 
   if (!children) {