diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/fabric/jni/JBackgroundExecutor.cpp b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/fabric/jni/JBackgroundExecutor.cpp
index 39cb4a4e593..63ab0918bca 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/fabric/jni/JBackgroundExecutor.cpp
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/fabric/jni/JBackgroundExecutor.cpp
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ BackgroundExecutor JBackgroundExecutor::get() {
             ->getMethod<void(Runnable::javaobject)>("queueRunnable");
 
     auto jrunnable = JNativeRunnable::newObjectCxxArgs(std::move(runnable));
-    method(self, static_ref_cast<Runnable>(jrunnable).get());
+    method(self, static_ref_cast<Runnable::javaobject>(jrunnable).get());
   };
 }
 
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/react/jni/JNativeRunnable.h b/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/react/jni/JNativeRunnable.h
index b45d84c90a6..28c547384a8 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/react/jni/JNativeRunnable.h
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/react/jni/JNativeRunnable.h
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ using namespace facebook::jni;
 namespace facebook {
 namespace react {
 
-class Runnable : public JavaClass<Runnable> {
+struct Runnable : public JavaClass<Runnable> {
  public:
   static constexpr auto kJavaDescriptor = "Ljava/lang/Runnable;";
 };