diff --git a/React/Views/RCTModalHostView.m b/React/Views/RCTModalHostView.m
index bea9e08af961b5..bac7543c691af9 100644
--- a/React/Views/RCTModalHostView.m
+++ b/React/Views/RCTModalHostView.m
@@ -116,10 +116,12 @@ - (void)didUpdateReactSubviews
 
 - (void)dismissModalViewController
 {
-  if (_isPresented) {
-    [_delegate dismissModalHostView:self withViewController:_modalViewController animated:[self hasAnimationType]];
-    _isPresented = NO;
-  }
+    dispatch_async(dispatch_get_main_queue(), ^{
+      if (_isPresented) {
+        [self->_delegate dismissModalHostView:self withViewController:self->_modalViewController animated:[self hasAnimationType]];
+        self->_isPresented = NO;
+      }
+    });
 }
 
 - (void)didMoveToWindow