diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/hermes/executor/HermesExecutorFactory.cpp b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/hermes/executor/HermesExecutorFactory.cpp
index 8ae8766f5e3e84..58b56e83f0cc45 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/hermes/executor/HermesExecutorFactory.cpp
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/hermes/executor/HermesExecutorFactory.cpp
@@ -43,13 +43,16 @@ class HermesExecutorRuntimeAdapter
   }
 
   void tickleJs() override {
-    // The queue will ensure that runtime_ is still valid when this
-    // gets invoked.
-    thread_->runOnQueue([&runtime = runtime_]() {
-      auto func =
-          runtime->global().getPropertyAsFunction(*runtime, "__tickleJs");
-      func.call(*runtime);
-    });
+    thread_->runOnQueue(
+        [weakRuntime = std::weak_ptr<HermesRuntime>(runtime_)]() {
+          auto runtime = weakRuntime.lock();
+          if (!runtime) {
+            return;
+          }
+          jsi::Function func =
+              runtime->global().getPropertyAsFunction(*runtime, "__tickleJs");
+          func.call(*runtime);
+        });
   }
 
  private: