diff --git a/Libraries/Image/RCTImageLoader.m b/Libraries/Image/RCTImageLoader.m
index 13d02b437c3cf2..7e57f481b2ecd9 100644
--- a/Libraries/Image/RCTImageLoader.m
+++ b/Libraries/Image/RCTImageLoader.m
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ - (void)setUp
 
 - (float)handlerPriority
 {
-    return 1;
+    return 2;
 }
 
 - (id<RCTImageCache>)imageCache
diff --git a/Libraries/Image/RCTImageStoreManager.m b/Libraries/Image/RCTImageStoreManager.m
index 690258e6522cd2..d57971de6c8048 100644
--- a/Libraries/Image/RCTImageStoreManager.m
+++ b/Libraries/Image/RCTImageStoreManager.m
@@ -32,6 +32,11 @@ @implementation RCTImageStoreManager
 
 RCT_EXPORT_MODULE()
 
+- (float)handlerPriority
+{
+    return 1;
+}
+
 - (void)removeImageForTag:(NSString *)imageTag withBlock:(void (^)())block
 {
   dispatch_async(_methodQueue, ^{