diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/modules/location/BUCK b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/modules/location/BUCK
index 37df1e9b950d93..8ba313dee7add3 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/modules/location/BUCK
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/modules/location/BUCK
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ rn_android_library(
     ],
     deps = [
         react_native_dep("libraries/fbcore/src/main/java/com/facebook/common/logging:logging"),
+        react_native_dep("third-party/android/support/v4:lib-support-v4"),
         react_native_dep("third-party/java/infer-annotations:infer-annotations"),
         react_native_dep("third-party/java/jsr-305:jsr-305"),
         react_native_target("java/com/facebook/react/bridge:bridge"),
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/modules/location/LocationModule.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/modules/location/LocationModule.java
index 22d6b9f405ee36..520eb2947a1b1c 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/modules/location/LocationModule.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/modules/location/LocationModule.java
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 
 import android.annotation.SuppressLint;
 import android.content.Context;
+import android.content.pm.PackageManager;
 import android.location.Location;
 import android.location.LocationListener;
 import android.location.LocationManager;
@@ -16,6 +17,7 @@
 import android.os.Build;
 import android.os.Bundle;
 import android.os.Handler;
+import android.support.v4.content.ContextCompat;
 import com.facebook.common.logging.FLog;
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.Arguments;
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.Callback;
@@ -193,7 +195,7 @@ public void stopObserving() {
   }
 
   @Nullable
-  private static String getValidProvider(LocationManager locationManager, boolean highAccuracy) {
+  private String getValidProvider(LocationManager locationManager, boolean highAccuracy) {
     String provider =
         highAccuracy ? LocationManager.GPS_PROVIDER : LocationManager.NETWORK_PROVIDER;
     if (!locationManager.isProviderEnabled(provider)) {
@@ -204,6 +206,11 @@ private static String getValidProvider(LocationManager locationManager, boolean
         return null;
       }
     }
+    // If it's an enabled provider, but we don't have permissions, ignore it
+    int finePermission = ContextCompat.checkSelfPermission(getReactApplicationContext(), android.Manifest.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION);
+    if (provider.equals(LocationManager.GPS_PROVIDER) && finePermission != PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED) {
+      return null;
+    }
     return provider;
   }