diff --git a/Libraries/Network/XMLHttpRequest.js b/Libraries/Network/XMLHttpRequest.js
index be5905ff07102a..114d573b065009 100644
--- a/Libraries/Network/XMLHttpRequest.js
+++ b/Libraries/Network/XMLHttpRequest.js
@@ -341,6 +341,8 @@ class XMLHttpRequest extends EventTarget(...XHR_EVENTS) {
     } else {
       this._response += responseText;
     }
+    // fixing progress always being 0
+    progress = (progress === 0)? this._response.length : progress;
 
     XMLHttpRequest._interceptor && XMLHttpRequest._interceptor.dataReceived(
       requestId,