diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/devsupport/JSCHeapCapture.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/devsupport/JSCHeapCapture.java
index 7db70f572..bbc36797f 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/devsupport/JSCHeapCapture.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/devsupport/JSCHeapCapture.java
@@ -22,7 +22,9 @@ import com.facebook.react.bridge.ReactContextBaseJavaModule;
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.ReactMethod;
 import com.facebook.react.module.annotations.ReactModule;
 
-@ReactModule(name = "JSCHeapCapture")
+// This module is being called only by Java via the static method "captureHeap" that
+// requires it to alreay be initialized, thus we eagerly initialize this module
+@ReactModule(name = "JSCHeapCapture", needsEagerInit = true)
 public class JSCHeapCapture extends ReactContextBaseJavaModule {
   public interface HeapCapture extends JavaScriptModule {
     void captureHeap(String path);
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/devsupport/JSCSamplingProfiler.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/devsupport/JSCSamplingProfiler.java
index 4a35aa74d..049f72c32 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/devsupport/JSCSamplingProfiler.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/devsupport/JSCSamplingProfiler.java
@@ -21,7 +21,9 @@ import com.facebook.react.bridge.ReactContextBaseJavaModule;
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.ReactMethod;
 import com.facebook.react.module.annotations.ReactModule;
 
-@ReactModule(name = "JSCSamplingProfiler")
+// This module is being called only by Java via the static method "poke" that
+// requires it to alreay be initialized, thus we eagerly initialize this module
+@ReactModule(name = "JSCSamplingProfiler", needsEagerInit = true)
 public class JSCSamplingProfiler extends ReactContextBaseJavaModule {
   public interface SamplingProfiler extends JavaScriptModule {
     void poke(int token);