diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/cmake-utils/default-app-setup/OnLoad.cpp b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/cmake-utils/default-app-setup/OnLoad.cpp
index 56a38374370..e6659fe53a8 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/cmake-utils/default-app-setup/OnLoad.cpp
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/cmake-utils/default-app-setup/OnLoad.cpp
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 #include <fbjni/fbjni.h>
 #include <react/renderer/componentregistry/ComponentDescriptorProviderRegistry.h>
 #include <rncli.h>
+#include <rncore.h>
 
 #ifdef REACT_NATIVE_APP_CODEGEN_HEADER
 #include REACT_NATIVE_APP_CODEGEN_HEADER
@@ -95,8 +96,17 @@ std::shared_ptr<TurboModule> javaModuleProvider(
   }
 #endif
 
+  // We first try to look up core modules
+  if (auto module = rncore_ModuleProvider(name, params)) {
+    return module;
+  }
+
   // And we fallback to the module providers autolinked by RN CLI
-  return rncli_ModuleProvider(name, params);
+  if (auto module = rncli_ModuleProvider(name, params)) {
+    return module;
+  }
+
+  return nullptr;
 }
 
 } // namespace facebook::react
diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/react/newarchdefaults/DefaultTurboModuleManagerDelegate.cpp b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/react/newarchdefaults/DefaultTurboModuleManagerDelegate.cpp
index f7547b1f801..34a98d5483b 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/react/newarchdefaults/DefaultTurboModuleManagerDelegate.cpp
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/react/newarchdefaults/DefaultTurboModuleManagerDelegate.cpp
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 #include <react/nativemodule/dom/NativeDOM.h>
 #include <react/nativemodule/featureflags/NativeReactNativeFeatureFlags.h>
 #include <react/nativemodule/microtasks/NativeMicrotasks.h>
-#include <rncore.h>
 
 namespace facebook::react {
 
@@ -100,7 +99,8 @@ std::shared_ptr<TurboModule> DefaultTurboModuleManagerDelegate::getTurboModule(
       return resolvedModule;
     }
   }
-  return rncore_ModuleProvider(name, params);
+
+  return nullptr;
 }
 
 } // namespace facebook::react
diff --git a/packages/rn-tester/android/app/src/main/jni/OnLoad.cpp b/packages/rn-tester/android/app/src/main/jni/OnLoad.cpp
index 7ba52751e28..927ab744ca7 100644
--- a/packages/rn-tester/android/app/src/main/jni/OnLoad.cpp
+++ b/packages/rn-tester/android/app/src/main/jni/OnLoad.cpp
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #include <ReactCommon/SampleTurboModuleSpec.h>
 #include <fbjni/fbjni.h>
 #include <react/renderer/componentregistry/ComponentDescriptorProviderRegistry.h>
+#include <rncore.h>
 
 #ifdef REACT_NATIVE_APP_CODEGEN_HEADER
 #include REACT_NATIVE_APP_CODEGEN_HEADER
@@ -51,6 +52,12 @@ std::shared_ptr<TurboModule> javaModuleProvider(
     return module;
   }
 #endif
+
+  // We first try to look up core modules
+  if (auto module = rncore_ModuleProvider(name, params)) {
+    return module;
+  }
+
   return nullptr;
 }