diff --git a/Libraries/Image/RCTImageLoader.m b/Libraries/Image/RCTImageLoader.m
index 42e4ebac3dd..7c6685a0704 100644
--- a/Libraries/Image/RCTImageLoader.m
+++ b/Libraries/Image/RCTImageLoader.m
@@ -553,7 +553,7 @@ static UIImage *RCTResizeImageIfNeeded(UIImage *image,
       completionBlock(error_, image);
     };
 
-    cancelLoad = [weakSelf decodeImageData:imageOrData
+    cancelLoad = [strongSelf decodeImageData:imageOrData
                                       size:size
                                      scale:scale
                                    clipped:clipped