diff --git a/ReactCommon/cxxreact/JSCExecutor.cpp b/ReactCommon/cxxreact/JSCExecutor.cpp
index f3a557b8b..0c7b08d06 100644
--- a/ReactCommon/cxxreact/JSCExecutor.cpp
+++ b/ReactCommon/cxxreact/JSCExecutor.cpp
@@ -368,7 +368,7 @@ void JSCExecutor::loadApplicationScript(
     int fd,
     std::string sourceURL)
 {
-  String jsSourceURL {sourceURL.c_str()};
+  String jsSourceURL(m_context, sourceURL.c_str());
 
   auto bcSourceCode = JSCreateCompiledSourceCode(fd, jsSourceURL);
   if (!bcSourceCode) {