diff --git a/React/CoreModules/RCTDevMenu.mm b/React/CoreModules/RCTDevMenu.mm
index 2166d5034fac32..6ffd2ca9fc0dad 100644
--- a/React/CoreModules/RCTDevMenu.mm
+++ b/React/CoreModules/RCTDevMenu.mm
@@ -168,7 +168,13 @@ - (void)invalidate
 - (void)showOnShake
 {
   if ([((RCTDevSettings *)[_moduleRegistry moduleForName:"DevSettings"]) isShakeToShowDevMenuEnabled]) {
-    [self show];
+    for (UIWindow *window in [RCTSharedApplication() windows]) {
+      NSString *recursiveDescription = [window valueForKey:@"recursiveDescription"];
+      if ([recursiveDescription containsString:@"RCTView"]) {
+        [self show];
+        return;
+      }
+    }
   }
 }