diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/image/ReactImageView.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/image/ReactImageView.java
index 5eb7a7febcf78b..08a2cd7fcf1e5e 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/image/ReactImageView.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/image/ReactImageView.java
@@ -67,8 +67,6 @@
 public class ReactImageView extends GenericDraweeView {
 
   public static final int REMOTE_IMAGE_FADE_DURATION_MS = 300;
-  public static final String REMOTE_TRANSPARENT_BITMAP_URI =
-      "data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=";
 
   private static float[] sComputedCornerRadii = new float[4];
 
@@ -309,30 +307,30 @@ public void setSource(@Nullable ReadableArray sources) {
     List<ImageSource> tmpSources = new LinkedList<>();
 
     if (sources == null || sources.size() == 0) {
-      ImageSource imageSource = new ImageSource(getContext(), REMOTE_TRANSPARENT_BITMAP_URI);
+      tmpSources.add(ImageSource.getTransparentBitmapImageSource(getContext()));
+    } else if (sources.size() == 1) {
+      // Optimize for the case where we have just one uri, case in which we don't need the sizes
+      ReadableMap source = sources.getMap(0);
+      ImageSource imageSource = new ImageSource(getContext(), source.getString("uri"));
+      if (Uri.EMPTY.equals(imageSource.getUri())) {
+        warnImageSource(source.getString("uri"));
+        imageSource = ImageSource.getTransparentBitmapImageSource(getContext());
+      }
       tmpSources.add(imageSource);
     } else {
-      // Optimize for the case where we have just one uri, case in which we don't need the sizes
-      if (sources.size() == 1) {
-        ReadableMap source = sources.getMap(0);
-        String uri = source.getString("uri");
-        ImageSource imageSource = new ImageSource(getContext(), uri);
-        tmpSources.add(imageSource);
+      for (int idx = 0; idx < sources.size(); idx++) {
+        ReadableMap source = sources.getMap(idx);
+        ImageSource imageSource =
+            new ImageSource(
+                getContext(),
+                source.getString("uri"),
+                source.getDouble("width"),
+                source.getDouble("height"));
         if (Uri.EMPTY.equals(imageSource.getUri())) {
-          warnImageSource(uri);
-        }
-      } else {
-        for (int idx = 0; idx < sources.size(); idx++) {
-          ReadableMap source = sources.getMap(idx);
-          String uri = source.getString("uri");
-          ImageSource imageSource =
-              new ImageSource(
-                  getContext(), uri, source.getDouble("width"), source.getDouble("height"));
-          tmpSources.add(imageSource);
-          if (Uri.EMPTY.equals(imageSource.getUri())) {
-            warnImageSource(uri);
-          }
+          warnImageSource(source.getString("uri"));
+          imageSource = ImageSource.getTransparentBitmapImageSource(getContext());
         }
+        tmpSources.add(imageSource);
       }
     }
 
@@ -568,8 +566,7 @@ private boolean isTiled() {
   private void setSourceImage() {
     mImageSource = null;
     if (mSources.isEmpty()) {
-      ImageSource imageSource = new ImageSource(getContext(), REMOTE_TRANSPARENT_BITMAP_URI);
-      mSources.add(imageSource);
+      mSources.add(ImageSource.getTransparentBitmapImageSource(getContext()));
     } else if (hasMultipleSources()) {
       MultiSourceResult multiSource =
           MultiSourceHelper.getBestSourceForSize(getWidth(), getHeight(), mSources);
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/imagehelper/ImageSource.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/imagehelper/ImageSource.java
index 94a3e1c8ace973..6a5361be9690f5 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/imagehelper/ImageSource.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/imagehelper/ImageSource.java
@@ -9,14 +9,15 @@
 
 import android.content.Context;
 import android.net.Uri;
-import androidx.annotation.Nullable;
-import com.facebook.infer.annotation.Assertions;
 import java.util.Objects;
 
 /** Class describing an image source (network URI or resource) and size. */
 public class ImageSource {
 
-  private @Nullable Uri mUri;
+  private static final String TRANSPARENT_BITMAP_URI =
+      "data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=";
+
+  private Uri mUri;
   private String mSource;
   private double mSize;
   private boolean isResource;
@@ -30,6 +31,10 @@ public ImageSource(Context context, String source, double width, double height)
     mUri = computeUri(context);
   }
 
+  public static ImageSource getTransparentBitmapImageSource(Context context) {
+    return new ImageSource(context, TRANSPARENT_BITMAP_URI);
+  }
+
   @Override
   public boolean equals(Object o) {
     if (this == o) return true;
@@ -57,7 +62,7 @@ public String getSource() {
 
   /** Get the URI for this image - can be either a parsed network URI or a resource URI. */
   public Uri getUri() {
-    return Assertions.assertNotNull(mUri);
+    return mUri;
   }
 
   /** Get the area of this image. */