diff --git a/Libraries/Image/RCTNetworkImageView.m b/Libraries/Image/RCTNetworkImageView.m
index 5ea0b64d5..c97b97cfd 100644
--- a/Libraries/Image/RCTNetworkImageView.m
+++ b/Libraries/Image/RCTNetworkImageView.m
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@
     } else {
       _downloadToken = [_imageDownloader downloadImageForURL:imageURL size:self.bounds.size scale:RCTScreenScale() block:^(UIImage *image, NSError *error) {
         if (image) {
+          [self.layer removeAnimationForKey:@"contents"];
           self.layer.contentsScale = image.scale;
           self.layer.contents = (__bridge id)image.CGImage;
         }