diff --git a/packages/react-native/Libraries/AppDelegate/RCTReactNativeFactory.mm b/packages/react-native/Libraries/AppDelegate/RCTReactNativeFactory.mm
index 0f9f876adc8..4f202329807 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/Libraries/AppDelegate/RCTReactNativeFactory.mm
+++ b/packages/react-native/Libraries/AppDelegate/RCTReactNativeFactory.mm
@@ -274,9 +274,12 @@ class RCTAppDelegateBridgelessFeatureFlags : public ReactNativeFeatureFlagsDefau
 
 - (void)_setUpFeatureFlags
 {
-  if ([self bridgelessEnabled]) {
-    ReactNativeFeatureFlags::override(std::make_unique<RCTAppDelegateBridgelessFeatureFlags>());
-  }
+  static dispatch_once_t setupFeatureFlagsToken;
+  dispatch_once(&setupFeatureFlagsToken, ^{
+    if ([self bridgelessEnabled]) {
+      ReactNativeFeatureFlags::override(std::make_unique<RCTAppDelegateBridgelessFeatureFlags>());
+    }
+  });
 }
 
 @end