diff --git a/RNTester/android/app/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uiapp/RNTesterApplication.java b/RNTester/android/app/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uiapp/RNTesterApplication.java
index e91eac877f2d6e..f5accca2c82c7e 100644
--- a/RNTester/android/app/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uiapp/RNTesterApplication.java
+++ b/RNTester/android/app/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uiapp/RNTesterApplication.java
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ public List<ReactPackage> getPackages() {
   public void onCreate() {
     ReactFontManager.getInstance().addCustomFont(this, "Rubik", R.font.rubik);
     super.onCreate();
-    SoLoader.init(this, /* native exopackage */ false);
     initializeFlipper(this);
   }
 
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/ReactInstanceManager.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/ReactInstanceManager.java
index 6f2338c7978ff9..2c8b5eea7e4b63 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/ReactInstanceManager.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/ReactInstanceManager.java
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ public List<ReactPackage> getPackages() {
     return new ArrayList<>(mPackages);
   }
 
-  private static void initializeSoLoaderIfNecessary(Context applicationContext) {
+  static void initializeSoLoaderIfNecessary(Context applicationContext) {
     // Call SoLoader.initialize here, this is required for apps that does not use exopackage and
     // does not use SoLoader for loading other native code except from the one used by React Native
     // This way we don't need to require others to have additional initialization code and to
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/ReactInstanceManagerBuilder.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/ReactInstanceManagerBuilder.java
index e58b8cc4550d4b..04b0d519521d6b 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/ReactInstanceManagerBuilder.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/ReactInstanceManagerBuilder.java
@@ -5,10 +5,13 @@
 
 package com.facebook.react;
 
+import static com.facebook.react.ReactInstanceManager.initializeSoLoaderIfNecessary;
 import static com.facebook.react.modules.systeminfo.AndroidInfoHelpers.getFriendlyDeviceName;
 
 import android.app.Activity;
 import android.app.Application;
+import android.content.Context;
+
 import androidx.annotation.Nullable;
 import com.facebook.hermes.reactexecutor.HermesExecutorFactory;
 import com.facebook.infer.annotation.Assertions;
@@ -254,6 +257,7 @@ public ReactInstanceManager build() {
     }
 
     // We use the name of the device and the app for debugging & metrics
+    //noinspection ConstantConditions
     String appName = mApplication.getPackageName();
     String deviceName = getFriendlyDeviceName();
 
@@ -262,7 +266,7 @@ public ReactInstanceManager build() {
         mCurrentActivity,
         mDefaultHardwareBackBtnHandler,
         mJavaScriptExecutorFactory == null
-            ? getDefaultJSExecutorFactory(appName, deviceName)
+            ? getDefaultJSExecutorFactory(appName, deviceName, mApplication.getApplicationContext())
             : mJavaScriptExecutorFactory,
         (mJSBundleLoader == null && mJSBundleAssetUrl != null)
             ? JSBundleLoader.createAssetLoader(
@@ -284,9 +288,10 @@ public ReactInstanceManager build() {
         mCustomPackagerCommandHandlers);
   }
 
-  private JavaScriptExecutorFactory getDefaultJSExecutorFactory(String appName, String deviceName) {
+  private JavaScriptExecutorFactory getDefaultJSExecutorFactory(String appName, String deviceName, Context applicationContext) {
     try {
       // If JSC is included, use it as normal
+      initializeSoLoaderIfNecessary(applicationContext);
       SoLoader.loadLibrary("jscexecutor");
       return new JSCExecutorFactory(appName, deviceName);
     } catch (UnsatisfiedLinkError jscE) {