diff --git a/packages/ra-ui-materialui/src/input/ReferenceInput.tsx b/packages/ra-ui-materialui/src/input/ReferenceInput.tsx
index 539606ca7fa..67c5f2b0830 100644
--- a/packages/ra-ui-materialui/src/input/ReferenceInput.tsx
+++ b/packages/ra-ui-materialui/src/input/ReferenceInput.tsx
@@ -125,5 +125,9 @@ export interface ReferenceInputProps
         UseReferenceInputControllerParams {
     children?: ReactElement;
     label?: string;
+    /**
+     * Call validate on the child component instead
+     */
+    validate?: never;
     [key: string]: any;
 }