diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/bridge/CatalystInstanceImpl.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/bridge/CatalystInstanceImpl.java
index 6f5ae88ee..2dccb7580 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/bridge/CatalystInstanceImpl.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/bridge/CatalystInstanceImpl.java
@@ -287,6 +287,7 @@ public class CatalystInstanceImpl implements CatalystInstance {
 
     // TODO: tell all APIs to shut down
     mDestroyed = true;
+
     mNativeModulesQueueThread.runOnQueue(new Runnable() {
       @Override
       public void run() {
@@ -297,7 +298,14 @@ public class CatalystInstanceImpl implements CatalystInstance {
             listener.onTransitionToBridgeIdle();
           }
         }
-        mHybridData.resetNative();
+        UiThreadUtil.runOnUiThread(new Runnable() {
+          @Override
+          public void run() {
+            mHybridData.resetNative();
+            // Kill non-UI threads from UI thread.
+            getReactQueueConfiguration().destroy();
+          }
+        });
       }
     });
 
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/bridge/queue/ReactQueueConfiguration.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/bridge/queue/ReactQueueConfiguration.java
index 1cab51369..68a42a82f 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/bridge/queue/ReactQueueConfiguration.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/bridge/queue/ReactQueueConfiguration.java
@@ -26,4 +26,5 @@ public interface ReactQueueConfiguration {
   MessageQueueThread getUIBackgroundQueueThread();
   MessageQueueThread getNativeModulesQueueThread();
   MessageQueueThread getJSQueueThread();
+  void destroy();
 }
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/bridge/queue/ReactQueueConfigurationImpl.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/bridge/queue/ReactQueueConfigurationImpl.java
index 367fec1ae..05b37c597 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/bridge/queue/ReactQueueConfigurationImpl.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/bridge/queue/ReactQueueConfigurationImpl.java
@@ -60,6 +60,10 @@ public class ReactQueueConfigurationImpl implements ReactQueueConfiguration {
    * is destroyed so that we shut down the proper queue threads.
    */
   public void destroy() {
+    if (mUIBackgroundQueueThread != null &&
+      mUIBackgroundQueueThread.getLooper() != Looper.getMainLooper()) {
+      mUIBackgroundQueueThread.quitSynchronous();
+    }
     if (mNativeModulesQueueThread.getLooper() != Looper.getMainLooper()) {
       mNativeModulesQueueThread.quitSynchronous();
     }