diff --git a/React/Views/RCTRefreshControl.m b/React/Views/RCTRefreshControl.m
index bdb0fe65795bc3..3b447de55a5227 100644
--- a/React/Views/RCTRefreshControl.m
+++ b/React/Views/RCTRefreshControl.m
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ - (void)layoutSubviews
   // If the control is refreshing when mounted we need to call
   // beginRefreshing in layoutSubview or it doesn't work.
   if (_currentRefreshingState && _isInitialRender) {
-    [self beginRefreshing];
+    [self beginRefreshingProgrammatically];
   }
   _isInitialRender = false;
 }