diff --git a/packages/react-dev-utils/browsersHelper.js b/packages/react-dev-utils/browsersHelper.js
index a52ed342736..fdfa6ff3175 100644
--- a/packages/react-dev-utils/browsersHelper.js
+++ b/packages/react-dev-utils/browsersHelper.js
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ function shouldSetBrowsers(isInteractive) {
 }
 
 function checkBrowsers(dir, isInteractive, retry = true) {
-  const current = browserslist.findConfig(dir);
+  const current = browserslist.loadConfig({path: dir});
   if (current != null) {
     return Promise.resolve(current);
   }