diff --git a/React/Base/RCTAssert.h b/React/Base/RCTAssert.h
index 5e60a7b20..95d210a5e 100644
--- a/React/Base/RCTAssert.h
+++ b/React/Base/RCTAssert.h
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ RCT_EXTERN BOOL RCTIsMainQueue(void);
     _RCTAssertFormat(#condition, __FILE__, __LINE__, __func__, __VA_ARGS__); \
     if (RCT_NSASSERT) { \
       [[NSAssertionHandler currentHandler] handleFailureInFunction:@(__func__) \
-        file:@(__FILE__) lineNumber:__LINE__ description:__VA_ARGS__]; \
+        file:(NSString * _Nonnull)@(__FILE__) lineNumber:__LINE__ description:__VA_ARGS__]; \
     } \
   } \
 } while (false)