diff --git a/ReactCommon/jsi/jsi/decorator.h b/ReactCommon/jsi/jsi/decorator.h
index 9616d19c7e5..1a2950d01d2 100644
--- a/ReactCommon/jsi/jsi/decorator.h
+++ b/ReactCommon/jsi/jsi/decorator.h
@@ -335,12 +335,12 @@ class RuntimeDecorator : public Base, private jsi::Instrumentation {
     plain().instrumentation().collectGarbage();
   }
 
-  bool createSnapshotToFile(const std::string& path) override {
-    return plain().instrumentation().createSnapshotToFile(path);
+  void createSnapshotToFile(const std::string& path) override {
+    plain().instrumentation().createSnapshotToFile(path);
   }
 
-  bool createSnapshotToStream(std::ostream& os) override {
-    return plain().instrumentation().createSnapshotToStream(os);
+  void createSnapshotToStream(std::ostream& os) override {
+    plain().instrumentation().createSnapshotToStream(os);
   }
 
   void writeBridgeTrafficTraceToFile(
diff --git a/ReactCommon/jsi/jsi/instrumentation.h b/ReactCommon/jsi/jsi/instrumentation.h
index 3de9bce1c79..f22a2094eaf 100644
--- a/ReactCommon/jsi/jsi/instrumentation.h
+++ b/ReactCommon/jsi/jsi/instrumentation.h
@@ -55,16 +55,12 @@ class Instrumentation {
   /// Captures the heap to a file
   ///
   /// \param path to save the heap capture
-  ///
-  /// \return true iff the heap capture succeeded
-  virtual bool createSnapshotToFile(const std::string& path) = 0;
+  virtual void createSnapshotToFile(const std::string& path) = 0;
 
   /// Captures the heap to an output stream
   ///
   /// \param os output stream to write to.
-  ///
-  /// \return true iff the heap capture succeeded.
-  virtual bool createSnapshotToStream(std::ostream& os) = 0;
+  virtual void createSnapshotToStream(std::ostream& os) = 0;
 
   /// Write a trace of bridge traffic to the given file name.
   virtual void writeBridgeTrafficTraceToFile(
diff --git a/ReactCommon/jsi/jsi/jsi.cpp b/ReactCommon/jsi/jsi/jsi.cpp
index e7b6ac94ed0..1fe8bb2e0d6 100644
--- a/ReactCommon/jsi/jsi/jsi.cpp
+++ b/ReactCommon/jsi/jsi/jsi.cpp
@@ -99,12 +99,14 @@ Instrumentation& Runtime::instrumentation() {
 
     void collectGarbage() override {}
 
-    bool createSnapshotToFile(const std::string&) override {
-      return false;
+    void createSnapshotToFile(const std::string&) override {
+      throw JSINativeException(
+          "Default instrumentation cannot create a heap snapshot");
     }
 
-    bool createSnapshotToStream(std::ostream&) override {
-      return false;
+    void createSnapshotToStream(std::ostream&) override {
+      throw JSINativeException(
+          "Default instrumentation cannot create a heap snapshot");
     }
 
     void writeBridgeTrafficTraceToFile(const std::string&) const override {