diff --git a/ReactCommon/runtimeexecutor/ReactCommon/RuntimeExecutor.h b/ReactCommon/runtimeexecutor/ReactCommon/RuntimeExecutor.h
index 90139a6a99cfea..ab73c6c8e23d17 100644
--- a/ReactCommon/runtimeexecutor/ReactCommon/RuntimeExecutor.h
+++ b/ReactCommon/runtimeexecutor/ReactCommon/RuntimeExecutor.h
@@ -39,9 +39,9 @@ using RuntimeExecutor =
 inline static void executeAsynchronously(
     RuntimeExecutor const &runtimeExecutor,
     std::function<void(jsi::Runtime &runtime)> &&callback) noexcept {
-  std::thread{[callback = std::move(callback), runtimeExecutor]() mutable {
+  std::thread([callback = std::move(callback), runtimeExecutor]() mutable {
     runtimeExecutor(std::move(callback));
-  }};
+  }).detach();
 }
 
 /*