diff --git a/packages/react-native/React/CoreModules/RCTDevMenu.mm b/packages/react-native/React/CoreModules/RCTDevMenu.mm
index 9e220790d55fa4..2f57d4b0b46a3d 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/React/CoreModules/RCTDevMenu.mm
+++ b/packages/react-native/React/CoreModules/RCTDevMenu.mm
@@ -396,7 +396,7 @@ - (void)setDefaultJSBundle
       ? UIAlertControllerStyleActionSheet
       : UIAlertControllerStyleAlert;
 
-  NSString *devMenuType = self.bridge ? @"Bridge" : @"Bridgeless";
+  NSString *devMenuType = [self.bridge isKindOfClass:RCTBridge.class] ? @"Bridge" : @"Bridgeless";
   NSString *devMenuTitle = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"React Native Dev Menu (%@)", devMenuType];
 
   _actionSheet = [UIAlertController alertControllerWithTitle:devMenuTitle message:description preferredStyle:style];