diff --git a/React/DevSupport/RCTDevMenu.m b/React/DevSupport/RCTDevMenu.m
index d631fa5dc..140be91dd 100644
--- a/React/DevSupport/RCTDevMenu.m
+++ b/React/DevSupport/RCTDevMenu.m
@@ -204,6 +204,7 @@ RCT_EXPORT_MODULE()
   // Add built-in items
   __weak RCTBridge *bridge = _bridge;
   __weak RCTDevSettings *devSettings = _bridge.devSettings;
+  __weak RCTDevMenu *weakSelf = self;
 
   [items addObject:[RCTDevMenuItem buttonItemWithTitle:@"Reload" handler:^{
     [bridge reload];
@@ -296,7 +297,7 @@ RCT_EXPORT_MODULE()
       textField.placeholder = @"index";
     }];
     [alertController addAction:[UIAlertAction actionWithTitle:@"Use bundled JS" style:UIAlertActionStyleDefault handler:^(__unused UIAlertAction *action) {
-      [self setDefaultJSBundle];
+      [weakSelf setDefaultJSBundle];
     }]];
     [alertController addAction:[UIAlertAction actionWithTitle:@"Use packager location" style:UIAlertActionStyleDefault handler:^(__unused UIAlertAction *action) {
       NSArray * textfields = alertController.textFields;
@@ -308,7 +309,7 @@ RCT_EXPORT_MODULE()
         bundleRoot = @"index";
       }
       if(ipTextField.text.length == 0 && portTextField.text.length == 0) {
-        [self setDefaultJSBundle];
+        [weakSelf setDefaultJSBundle];
         return;
       }
       NSNumberFormatter *formatter = [[NSNumberFormatter alloc] init];
@@ -319,8 +320,11 @@ RCT_EXPORT_MODULE()
       }
       [RCTBundleURLProvider sharedSettings].jsLocation = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@:%d",
                                                           ipTextField.text, portNumber.intValue];
-      self->_bridge.bundleURL = [[RCTBundleURLProvider sharedSettings] jsBundleURLForBundleRoot:bundleRoot fallbackResource:nil];
-      [self->_bridge reload];
+      __strong RCTBridge *strongBridge = bridge;
+      if (strongBridge) {
+        strongBridge.bundleURL = [[RCTBundleURLProvider sharedSettings] jsBundleURLForBundleRoot:bundleRoot fallbackResource:nil];
+        [strongBridge reload];
+      }
     }]];
     [alertController addAction:[UIAlertAction actionWithTitle:@"Cancel" style:UIAlertActionStyleCancel handler:^(__unused UIAlertAction *action) {
       return;