diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/modules/network/NetworkingModule.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/modules/network/NetworkingModule.java
index 03d709a0a..d5396c184 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/modules/network/NetworkingModule.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/modules/network/NetworkingModule.java
@@ -88,7 +88,6 @@ public final class NetworkingModule extends ReactContextBaseJavaModule {
       client = clientBuilder.build();
     }
     mClient = client;
-    OkHttpClientProvider.replaceOkHttpClient(client);
     mCookieHandler = new ForwardingCookieHandler(reactContext);
     mCookieJarContainer = (CookieJarContainer) mClient.cookieJar();
     mShuttingDown = false;
@@ -113,7 +112,7 @@ public final class NetworkingModule extends ReactContextBaseJavaModule {
    * @param context the ReactContext of the application
    */
   public NetworkingModule(final ReactApplicationContext context) {
-    this(context, null, OkHttpClientProvider.getOkHttpClient(), null);
+    this(context, null, OkHttpClientProvider.createClient(), null);
   }
 
   /**
@@ -124,7 +123,7 @@ public final class NetworkingModule extends ReactContextBaseJavaModule {
   public NetworkingModule(
     ReactApplicationContext context,
     List<NetworkInterceptorCreator> networkInterceptorCreators) {
-    this(context, null, OkHttpClientProvider.getOkHttpClient(), networkInterceptorCreators);
+    this(context, null, OkHttpClientProvider.createClient(), networkInterceptorCreators);
   }
 
   /**
@@ -133,7 +132,7 @@ public final class NetworkingModule extends ReactContextBaseJavaModule {
    * caller does not provide one explicitly
    */
   public NetworkingModule(ReactApplicationContext context, String defaultUserAgent) {
-    this(context, defaultUserAgent, OkHttpClientProvider.getOkHttpClient(), null);
+    this(context, defaultUserAgent, OkHttpClientProvider.createClient(), null);
   }
 
   @Override
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/modules/network/OkHttpClientProvider.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/modules/network/OkHttpClientProvider.java
index 4306c618e..5b82aa027 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/modules/network/OkHttpClientProvider.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/modules/network/OkHttpClientProvider.java
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ public class OkHttpClientProvider {
     sClient = client;
   }
 
-  private static OkHttpClient createClient() {
+  public static OkHttpClient createClient() {
     // No timeouts by default
     OkHttpClient.Builder client = new OkHttpClient.Builder()
       .connectTimeout(0, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS)