diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/nativemodule/core/platform/ios/ReactCommon/RCTTurboModuleManager.mm b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/nativemodule/core/platform/ios/ReactCommon/RCTTurboModuleManager.mm
index a961b31b4ec..2319a9c0d6d 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/nativemodule/core/platform/ios/ReactCommon/RCTTurboModuleManager.mm
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/nativemodule/core/platform/ios/ReactCommon/RCTTurboModuleManager.mm
@@ -420,7 +420,7 @@ static Class getFallbackClassFromName(const char *name)
 
     __block id<RCTBridgeModule> module = nil;
 
-    if ([moduleClass conformsToProtocol:@protocol(RCTTurboModule)]) {
+    if ([self _shouldCreateObjCModule:moduleClass]) {
       __weak __typeof(self) weakSelf = self;
       dispatch_block_t work = ^{
         auto strongSelf = weakSelf;
@@ -478,6 +478,15 @@ static Class getFallbackClassFromName(const char *name)
   return moduleHolder->getModule();
 }
 
+- (BOOL)_shouldCreateObjCModule:(Class)moduleClass
+{
+  if (RCTTurboModuleInteropEnabled()) {
+    return [moduleClass conformsToProtocol:@protocol(RCTBridgeModule)];
+  }
+
+  return [moduleClass conformsToProtocol:@protocol(RCTTurboModule)];
+}
+
 /**
  * Given a NativeModule class, and its name, create and initialize it synchronously.
  *