diff --git a/React/Views/ScrollView/RCTScrollView.m b/React/Views/ScrollView/RCTScrollView.m
index 80a7d09714c..7e341219a63 100644
--- a/React/Views/ScrollView/RCTScrollView.m
+++ b/React/Views/ScrollView/RCTScrollView.m
@@ -233,7 +233,9 @@
   // We have to set this because we can't always guarantee the
   // `RCTCustomRefreshContolProtocol`'s superview will always be of class
   // `UIScrollView` like we were previously
-  _customRefreshControl.scrollView = self;
+  if ([_customRefreshControl respondsToSelector:@selector(setScrollView:)]) {
+    _customRefreshControl.scrollView = self;
+  }
   if ([refreshControl isKindOfClass:UIRefreshControl.class]) {
     self.refreshControl = (UIRefreshControl *)refreshControl;
   } else {