diff --git a/React/Fabric/RCTImageResponseObserverProxy.h b/React/Fabric/RCTImageResponseObserverProxy.h
index 72a1aa6bf7d..584dfefaec8 100644
--- a/React/Fabric/RCTImageResponseObserverProxy.h
+++ b/React/Fabric/RCTImageResponseObserverProxy.h
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ namespace facebook {
       void didReceiveFailure() override;
       
     private:
-      id<RCTImageResponseDelegate> delegate_;
+      __weak id<RCTImageResponseDelegate> delegate_;
     };
   }
 }