diff --git a/android/src/main/java/io/sentry/RNSentryModule.java b/android/src/main/java/io/sentry/RNSentryModule.java
index ebf6540cd2..c8b20d01f2 100644
--- a/android/src/main/java/io/sentry/RNSentryModule.java
+++ b/android/src/main/java/io/sentry/RNSentryModule.java
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ public void setTags(ReadableMap tags) {
 
     @ReactMethod
     public void setUser(ReadableMap user) {
-        if (user.hasKey("email") && user.getString("userID") && user.getString("username")) {
+        if (user.hasKey("email") && user.hasKey("userID") && user.hasKey("username")) {
             Sentry.setUser(
                     new UserBuilder()
                             .setEmail(user.getString("email"))