diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/bridge/CatalystInstance.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/bridge/CatalystInstance.java
index fbf8925cba132b..a6ab8fd65bdc04 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/bridge/CatalystInstance.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/bridge/CatalystInstance.java
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ void callFunction(
    */
   void destroy();
   boolean isDestroyed();
-  boolean isAcceptingCalls();
 
   /**
    * Initialize all the native modules
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/bridge/ReactContext.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/bridge/ReactContext.java
index 35ec76084b87fe..c43a23ac9135d0 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/bridge/ReactContext.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/bridge/ReactContext.java
@@ -40,7 +40,8 @@ public class ReactContext extends ContextWrapper {
 
   private static final String EARLY_JS_ACCESS_EXCEPTION_MESSAGE =
     "Tried to access a JS module before the React instance was fully set up. Calls to " +
-      "ReactContext#getJSModule should be protected by ReactContext#hasActiveCatalystInstance().";
+      "ReactContext#getJSModule should only happen once initialize() has been called on your " +
+      "native module.";
 
   private final CopyOnWriteArraySet<LifecycleEventListener> mLifecycleEventListeners =
       new CopyOnWriteArraySet<>();
@@ -143,7 +144,7 @@ public CatalystInstance getCatalystInstance() {
   }
 
   public boolean hasActiveCatalystInstance() {
-    return mCatalystInstance != null && mCatalystInstance.isAcceptingCalls();
+    return mCatalystInstance != null && !mCatalystInstance.isDestroyed();
   }
 
   public LifecycleState getLifecycleState() {
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/cxxbridge/CatalystInstanceImpl.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/cxxbridge/CatalystInstanceImpl.java
index fad0ff90875382..7150ce21b6351f 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/cxxbridge/CatalystInstanceImpl.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/cxxbridge/CatalystInstanceImpl.java
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 import javax.annotation.Nullable;
 
 import java.lang.ref.WeakReference;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.concurrent.CopyOnWriteArrayList;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
@@ -57,6 +58,25 @@ public class CatalystInstanceImpl implements CatalystInstance {
 
   private static final AtomicInteger sNextInstanceIdForTrace = new AtomicInteger(1);
 
+  private static class PendingJSCall {
+
+    public ExecutorToken mExecutorToken;
+    public String mModule;
+    public String mMethod;
+    public NativeArray mArguments;
+
+    public PendingJSCall(
+        ExecutorToken executorToken,
+        String module,
+        String method,
+        NativeArray arguments) {
+      mExecutorToken = executorToken;
+      mModule = module;
+      mMethod = method;
+      mArguments = arguments;
+    }
+  }
+
   // Access from any thread
   private final ReactQueueConfigurationImpl mReactQueueConfiguration;
   private final CopyOnWriteArrayList<NotThreadSafeBridgeIdleDebugListener> mBridgeIdleListeners;
@@ -67,6 +87,8 @@ public class CatalystInstanceImpl implements CatalystInstance {
   private final TraceListener mTraceListener;
   private final JavaScriptModuleRegistry mJSModuleRegistry;
   private final JSBundleLoader mJSBundleLoader;
+  private final ArrayList<PendingJSCall> mJSCallsPendingInit = new ArrayList<PendingJSCall>();
+  private final Object mJSCallsPendingInitLock = new Object();
   private ExecutorToken mMainExecutorToken;
 
   private final NativeModuleRegistry mJavaRegistry;
@@ -168,10 +190,20 @@ public void runJSBundle() {
     mJSBundleHasLoaded = true;
     // incrementPendingJSCalls();
     mJSBundleLoader.loadScript(CatalystInstanceImpl.this);
-    // Loading the bundle is queued on the JS thread, but may not have
-    // run yet.  It's save to set this here, though, since any work it
-    // gates will be queued on the JS thread behind the load.
-    mAcceptCalls = true;
+
+    synchronized (mJSCallsPendingInitLock) {
+      // Loading the bundle is queued on the JS thread, but may not have
+      // run yet.  It's save to set this here, though, since any work it
+      // gates will be queued on the JS thread behind the load.
+      mAcceptCalls = true;
+
+      for (PendingJSCall call : mJSCallsPendingInit) {
+        callJSFunction(call.mExecutorToken, call.mModule, call.mMethod, call.mArguments);
+      }
+      mJSCallsPendingInit.clear();
+    }
+
+
     // This is registered after JS starts since it makes a JS call
     Systrace.registerListener(mTraceListener);
   }
@@ -193,7 +225,13 @@ public void callFunction(
       return;
     }
     if (!mAcceptCalls) {
-      throw new RuntimeException("Attempt to call JS function before JS bundle is loaded.");
+      // Most of the time the instance is initialized and we don't need to acquire the lock
+      synchronized (mJSCallsPendingInitLock) {
+        if (!mAcceptCalls) {
+          mJSCallsPendingInit.add(new PendingJSCall(executorToken, module, method, arguments));
+          return;
+        }
+      }
     }
 
     callJSFunction(executorToken, module, method, arguments);
@@ -244,11 +282,6 @@ public boolean isDestroyed() {
     return mDestroyed;
   }
 
-  @Override
-  public boolean isAcceptingCalls() {
-    return !mDestroyed && mAcceptCalls;
-  }
-
   /**
    * Initialize all the native modules
    */