diff --git a/React/Profiler/RCTPerfMonitor.m b/React/Profiler/RCTPerfMonitor.m
index 57bd0f9ad..1db32322a 100644
--- a/React/Profiler/RCTPerfMonitor.m
+++ b/React/Profiler/RCTPerfMonitor.m
@@ -156,6 +156,9 @@ RCT_EXPORT_MODULE()
   if (!_devMenuItem) {
     __weak __typeof__(self) weakSelf = self;
     __weak RCTDevSettings *devSettings = self.bridge.devSettings;
+    if (devSettings.isPerfMonitorShown) {
+      [weakSelf show];
+    }
     _devMenuItem =
     [RCTDevMenuItem buttonItemWithTitleBlock:^NSString *{
       return (devSettings.isPerfMonitorShown) ?