diff --git a/Libraries/JavaScriptAppEngine/Initialization/InitializeJavaScriptAppEngine.js b/Libraries/JavaScriptAppEngine/Initialization/InitializeJavaScriptAppEngine.js
index bcdc88829..372030698 100644
--- a/Libraries/JavaScriptAppEngine/Initialization/InitializeJavaScriptAppEngine.js
+++ b/Libraries/JavaScriptAppEngine/Initialization/InitializeJavaScriptAppEngine.js
@@ -40,6 +40,11 @@ function setUpProcess() {
   }
 }
 
+function setUpProfile() {
+  const Systrace = require('Systrace');
+  Systrace.setEnabled(global.__RCTProfileIsProfiling || false);
+}
+
 function setUpConsole() {
   // ExceptionsManager transitively requires Promise so we install it after
   const ExceptionsManager = require('ExceptionsManager');
@@ -229,6 +234,7 @@ function getPropertyDescriptor(object, name) {
 }
 
 setUpProcess();
+setUpProfile();
 setUpConsole();
 setUpTimers();
 setUpAlert();
diff --git a/Libraries/Utilities/Systrace.js b/Libraries/Utilities/Systrace.js
index 8dc207e1e..bdd2c5992 100644
--- a/Libraries/Utilities/Systrace.js
+++ b/Libraries/Utilities/Systrace.js
@@ -194,8 +194,6 @@ const Systrace = {
  },
 };
 
-Systrace.setEnabled(global.__RCTProfileIsProfiling || false);
-
 if (__DEV__) {
   // This is needed, because require callis in polyfills are not processed as
   // other files. Therefore, calls to `require('moduleId')` are not replaced