diff --git a/src/components/LoginForm/LoginForm.react.js b/src/components/LoginForm/LoginForm.react.js
index bc897fa745..a008bfaeef 100644
--- a/src/components/LoginForm/LoginForm.react.js
+++ b/src/components/LoginForm/LoginForm.react.js
@@ -11,17 +11,12 @@ import React from 'react';
 import styles from 'components/LoginForm/LoginForm.scss';
 import baseStyles from 'stylesheets/base.scss';
 
-// Class-style component, because we need refs
 export default class LoginForm extends React.Component {
-  constructor() {
-    super();
-    this.formRef = React.createRef();
-  }
   render() {
     return (
       <div className={styles.login} style={{ marginTop: this.props.marginTop || '-220px' }}>
         <Icon width={80} height={80} name="infinity" fill="#093A59" />
-        <form method="post" ref={this.formRef} action={this.props.endpoint} className={styles.form}>
+        <form method="post" action={this.props.endpoint} className={styles.form}>
           <CSRFInput />
           <div className={styles.header}>{this.props.header}</div>
           {this.props.children}
@@ -37,8 +32,12 @@ export default class LoginForm extends React.Component {
               if (this.props.disableSubmit) {
                 return;
               }
+              // The native type="submit" posts the form after this handler runs, so
+              // only perform the pre-submit side effect here. Also calling
+              // this.formRef.current.submit() would post the form a second time. During
+              // MFA the first post authenticates and Passport regenerates the session,
+              // invalidating the CSRF token, so the duplicate post fails CSRF validation.
               this.props.formSubmit();
-              this.formRef.current.submit();
             }}
             className={styles.submit}
             value={this.props.action}
diff --git a/src/lib/tests/LoginForm.test.js b/src/lib/tests/LoginForm.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..11934a306f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/tests/LoginForm.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) 2016-present, Parse, LLC
+ * All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the license found in the LICENSE file in
+ * the root directory of this source tree.
+ *
+ * @jest-environment jsdom
+ */
+jest.dontMock('../../components/LoginForm/LoginForm.react');
+
+import React from 'react';
+import renderer from 'react-test-renderer';
+const LoginForm = require('../../components/LoginForm/LoginForm.react').default;
+
+function renderForm(props) {
+  const submit = jest.fn();
+  const component = renderer.create(<LoginForm endpoint="login" action="Log In" {...props} />, {
+    // Provide a stub host node so any form.submit() call is observable.
+    createNodeMock: element => (element.type === 'form' ? { submit } : null),
+  });
+  const submitButton = component.root.find(
+    node => node.type === 'input' && node.props.type === 'submit'
+  );
+  return { component, submit, submitButton };
+}
+
+describe('LoginForm', () => {
+  it('renders a native submit button that posts the form', () => {
+    const { component, submitButton } = renderForm({ formSubmit: jest.fn() });
+    const form = component.root.find(node => node.type === 'form');
+    expect(form.props.method).toBe('post');
+    expect(form.props.action).toBe('login');
+    expect(submitButton.props.type).toBe('submit');
+  });
+
+  it('posts the form once on click and does not submit a second time programmatically', () => {
+    const formSubmit = jest.fn();
+    const { submit, submitButton } = renderForm({ formSubmit });
+
+    submitButton.props.onClick();
+
+    // The pre-submit side effect runs exactly once.
+    expect(formSubmit).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    // The native type="submit" posts the form; calling form.submit() here too would
+    // post a second time and break MFA login with a CSRF error.
+    expect(submit).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it('does not submit when disabled', () => {
+    const formSubmit = jest.fn();
+    const { submit, submitButton } = renderForm({ formSubmit, disableSubmit: true });
+
+    submitButton.props.onClick();
+
+    expect(formSubmit).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(submit).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+});