diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/nativemodule/core/ReactCommon/TurboModule.cpp b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/nativemodule/core/ReactCommon/TurboModule.cpp
index cf165e30e1215f..fe2411974d20cd 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/nativemodule/core/ReactCommon/TurboModule.cpp
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/nativemodule/core/ReactCommon/TurboModule.cpp
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ TurboModule::TurboModule(
     : name_(std::move(name)), jsInvoker_(std::move(jsInvoker)) {}
 
 void TurboModule::emitDeviceEvent(
-    jsi::Runtime& runtime,
     const std::string& eventName,
     ArgFactory argFactory) {
   jsInvoker_->invokeAsync([eventName, argFactory](jsi::Runtime& rt) {
diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/nativemodule/core/ReactCommon/TurboModule.h b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/nativemodule/core/ReactCommon/TurboModule.h
index ccd9d1f85968ef..b881d6e79964ee 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/nativemodule/core/ReactCommon/TurboModule.h
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/nativemodule/core/ReactCommon/TurboModule.h
@@ -106,10 +106,17 @@ class JSI_EXPORT TurboModule : public facebook::jsi::HostObject {
    *  });
    */
   void emitDeviceEvent(
-      jsi::Runtime& runtime,
       const std::string& eventName,
       ArgFactory argFactory = nullptr);
 
+  // Backwards compatibility version
+  void emitDeviceEvent(
+      jsi::Runtime& runtime,
+      const std::string& eventName,
+      ArgFactory argFactory = nullptr) {
+    emitDeviceEvent(eventName, argFactory);
+  }
+
   virtual jsi::Value create(
       jsi::Runtime& runtime,
       const jsi::PropNameID& propName) {
diff --git a/packages/rn-tester/NativeCxxModuleExample/NativeCxxModuleExample.cpp b/packages/rn-tester/NativeCxxModuleExample/NativeCxxModuleExample.cpp
index abec005d02e00b..0bbc831d838156 100644
--- a/packages/rn-tester/NativeCxxModuleExample/NativeCxxModuleExample.cpp
+++ b/packages/rn-tester/NativeCxxModuleExample/NativeCxxModuleExample.cpp
@@ -184,7 +184,6 @@ void NativeCxxModuleExample::emitCustomDeviceEvent(
   // Test emitting device events (RCTDeviceEventEmitter.emit) from C++
   // TurboModule with arbitrary arguments
   emitDeviceEvent(
-      rt,
       eventName.utf8(rt).c_str(),
       [](jsi::Runtime& rt, std::vector<jsi::Value>& args) {
         args.emplace_back(jsi::Value(true));