diff --git a/ReactCommon/cxxreact/JSCExecutor.cpp b/ReactCommon/cxxreact/JSCExecutor.cpp
index 91c7716cbb7..09452f153b9 100644
--- a/ReactCommon/cxxreact/JSCExecutor.cpp
+++ b/ReactCommon/cxxreact/JSCExecutor.cpp
@@ -455,6 +455,10 @@ namespace facebook {
     void JSCExecutor::registerBundle(uint32_t bundleId, const std::string& bundlePath) {
       if (m_bundleRegistry) {
         m_bundleRegistry->registerBundle(bundleId, bundlePath);
+      } else {
+        auto sourceUrl = String(m_context, bundlePath.c_str());
+        auto source = adoptString(JSBigFileString::fromPath(bundlePath));
+        evaluateScript(m_context, source, sourceUrl);
       }
     }