diff --git a/packages/react-rt-renderer/src/ReactNativeRT.js b/packages/react-rt-renderer/src/ReactNativeRT.js
index 63739f4b5a..996e2ba147 100644
--- a/packages/react-rt-renderer/src/ReactNativeRT.js
+++ b/packages/react-rt-renderer/src/ReactNativeRT.js
@@ -10,6 +10,15 @@
 import type {ReactNativeRTType} from './ReactNativeRTTypes';
 import type {ReactNodeList} from 'shared/ReactTypes';
 
+/**
+ * Make sure essential globals are available and are patched correctly. Please don't remove this
+ * line. Bundles created by react-packager `require` it before executing any application code. This
+ * ensures it exists in the dependency graph and can be `require`d.
+ * TODO: require this in packager, not in React #10932517
+ */
+import 'InitializeCore';
+import './ReactNativeRTEventEmitter';
+
 // TODO: direct imports like some-package/src/* are bad. Fix me.
 import * as ReactFiberErrorLogger from 'react-reconciler/src/ReactFiberErrorLogger';
 import {showDialog} from 'react-native-renderer/src/ReactNativeFiberErrorDialog';
@@ -21,16 +30,6 @@ import {getFiberFromTag} from './ReactNativeRTComponentTree';
 import ReactNativeRTFiberRenderer from './ReactNativeRTFiberRenderer';
 import ReactNativeRTFiberInspector from './ReactNativeRTFiberInspector';
 
-/**
- * Make sure essential globals are available and are patched correctly. Please don't remove this
- * line. Bundles created by react-packager `require` it before executing any application code. This
- * ensures it exists in the dependency graph and can be `require`d.
- * TODO: require this in packager, not in React #10932517
- */
-require('InitializeCore');
-
-require('./ReactNativeRTEventEmitter');
-
 ReactGenericBatching.injection.injectFiberBatchedUpdates(
   ReactNativeRTFiberRenderer.batchedUpdates,
 );