diff --git a/packages/react-native/Libraries/Image/RCTImageLoader.mm b/packages/react-native/Libraries/Image/RCTImageLoader.mm
index 68a12d35122..014c22bfd4d 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/Libraries/Image/RCTImageLoader.mm
+++ b/packages/react-native/Libraries/Image/RCTImageLoader.mm
@@ -1227,7 +1227,7 @@ RCT_EXPORT_METHOD(prefetchImage
 
 RCT_EXPORT_METHOD(prefetchImageWithMetadata
                   : (NSString *)uri queryRootName
-                  : (NSString *)queryRootName rootTag
+                  : (nullable NSString *)queryRootName rootTag
                   : (double)rootTag resolve
                   : (RCTPromiseResolveBlock)resolve reject
                   : (RCTPromiseRejectBlock)reject)