diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/modules/websocket/WebSocketModule.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/modules/websocket/WebSocketModule.java
index 97750befeb3..987374ca639 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/modules/websocket/WebSocketModule.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/modules/websocket/WebSocketModule.java
@@ -102,6 +102,8 @@ public final class WebSocketModule extends NativeWebSocketModuleSpec {
       builder.addHeader("Cookie", cookie);
     }
 
+    boolean hasOriginHeader = false;
+
     if (options != null
         && options.hasKey("headers")
         && options.getType("headers").equals(ReadableType.Map)) {
@@ -109,19 +111,20 @@ public final class WebSocketModule extends NativeWebSocketModuleSpec {
       ReadableMap headers = options.getMap("headers");
       ReadableMapKeySetIterator iterator = headers.keySetIterator();
 
-      if (!headers.hasKey("origin")) {
-        builder.addHeader("origin", getDefaultOrigin(url));
-      }
-
       while (iterator.hasNextKey()) {
         String key = iterator.nextKey();
         if (ReadableType.String.equals(headers.getType(key))) {
+          if (key.equalsIgnoreCase("origin")) {
+            hasOriginHeader = true;
+          }
           builder.addHeader(key, headers.getString(key));
         } else {
           FLog.w(ReactConstants.TAG, "Ignoring: requested " + key + ", value not a string");
         }
       }
-    } else {
+    }
+
+    if (!hasOriginHeader) {
       builder.addHeader("origin", getDefaultOrigin(url));
     }