diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/react/JSCHelpers.cpp b/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/react/JSCHelpers.cpp
index 0711c273f..b18e965c6 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/react/JSCHelpers.cpp
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/react/JSCHelpers.cpp
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ JSValueRef evaluateScript(JSContextRef context, JSStringRef script, JSStringRef
     auto line = exception.asObject().getProperty("line");
 
     std::ostringstream locationInfo;
-    std::string file = source != nullptr ? String::adopt(source).str() : "";
+    std::string file = source != nullptr ? String::ref(source).str() : "";
     locationInfo << "(" << (file.length() ? file : "<unknown file>");
     if (line != nullptr && line.isNumber()) {
       locationInfo << ":" << line.asInteger();