diff --git a/ReactCommon/turbomodule/core/platform/ios/RCTTurboModuleManager.mm b/ReactCommon/turbomodule/core/platform/ios/RCTTurboModuleManager.mm
index a44146ab4e0..a5fefa050c7 100644
--- a/ReactCommon/turbomodule/core/platform/ios/RCTTurboModuleManager.mm
+++ b/ReactCommon/turbomodule/core/platform/ios/RCTTurboModuleManager.mm
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ static Class getFallbackClassFromName(const char *name) {
     moduleClass = getFallbackClassFromName(moduleName);
   }
 
-  if (!moduleClass) {
+  if (![moduleClass conformsToProtocol:@protocol(RCTTurboModule)]) {
     return nil;
   }