diff --git a/React/Views/RCTRefreshControl.m b/React/Views/RCTRefreshControl.m
index a28078c1082..1b11bdcfe08 100644
--- a/React/Views/RCTRefreshControl.m
+++ b/React/Views/RCTRefreshControl.m
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ RCT_NOT_IMPLEMENTED(- (instancetype)initWithCoder:(NSCoder *)aDecoder)
 
   // If the control is refreshing when mounted we need to call
   // beginRefreshing in layoutSubview or it doesn't work.
-  if (_isInitialRender && _initialRefreshingState) {
+  if (_currentRefreshingState && _isInitialRender && _initialRefreshingState) {
     [self beginRefreshing];
   }
   _isInitialRender = false;