diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/modules/fresco/FrescoModule.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/modules/fresco/FrescoModule.java
index 8a980cb46..14b95c0ae 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/modules/fresco/FrescoModule.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/modules/fresco/FrescoModule.java
@@ -80,8 +80,7 @@ public class FrescoModule extends ReactContextBaseJavaModule implements
     }
 
     Context context = this.getReactApplicationContext().getApplicationContext();
-    OkHttpClient okHttpClient =
-        OkHttpClientProvider.getCookieAwareOkHttpClient(getReactApplicationContext());
+    OkHttpClient okHttpClient = OkHttpClientProvider.getOkHttpClient();
     ImagePipelineConfig.Builder builder =
         OkHttpImagePipelineConfigFactory.newBuilder(context, okHttpClient);
 
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/modules/network/NetworkingModule.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/modules/network/NetworkingModule.java
index db316e371..1156aa2fd 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/modules/network/NetworkingModule.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/modules/network/NetworkingModule.java
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ import javax.annotation.Nullable;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.io.Reader;
-import java.net.CookieHandler;
 
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.Arguments;
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.GuardedAsyncTask;
@@ -58,6 +57,7 @@ public final class NetworkingModule extends ReactContextBaseJavaModule {
   private static final int CHUNK_TIMEOUT_NS = 100 * 1000000; // 100ms
 
   private final OkHttpClient mClient;
+  private final ForwardingCookieHandler mCookieHandler;
   private final @Nullable String mDefaultUserAgent;
   private boolean mShuttingDown;
 
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ public final class NetworkingModule extends ReactContextBaseJavaModule {
     super(reactContext);
     mClient = client;
     mClient.networkInterceptors().add(new StethoInterceptor());
+    mCookieHandler = new ForwardingCookieHandler(reactContext);
     mShuttingDown = false;
     mDefaultUserAgent = defaultUserAgent;
   }
@@ -76,7 +77,7 @@ public final class NetworkingModule extends ReactContextBaseJavaModule {
    * @param context the ReactContext of the application
    */
   public NetworkingModule(final ReactApplicationContext context) {
-    this(context, null, OkHttpClientProvider.getCookieAwareOkHttpClient(context));
+    this(context, null, OkHttpClientProvider.getOkHttpClient());
   }
 
   /**
@@ -85,13 +86,18 @@ public final class NetworkingModule extends ReactContextBaseJavaModule {
    * caller does not provide one explicitly
    */
   public NetworkingModule(ReactApplicationContext context, String defaultUserAgent) {
-    this(context, defaultUserAgent, OkHttpClientProvider.getCookieAwareOkHttpClient(context));
+    this(context, defaultUserAgent, OkHttpClientProvider.getOkHttpClient());
   }
 
   public NetworkingModule(ReactApplicationContext reactContext, OkHttpClient client) {
     this(reactContext, null, client);
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public void initialize() {
+    mClient.setCookieHandler(mCookieHandler);
+  }
+
   @Override
   public String getName() {
     return "RCTNetworking";
@@ -102,10 +108,8 @@ public final class NetworkingModule extends ReactContextBaseJavaModule {
     mShuttingDown = true;
     mClient.cancel(null);
 
-    CookieHandler cookieHandler = mClient.getCookieHandler();
-    if (cookieHandler instanceof ForwardingCookieHandler) {
-      ((ForwardingCookieHandler) cookieHandler).destroy();
-    }
+    mCookieHandler.destroy();
+    mClient.setCookieHandler(null);
   }
 
   @ReactMethod
@@ -319,10 +323,7 @@ public final class NetworkingModule extends ReactContextBaseJavaModule {
 
   @ReactMethod
   public void clearCookies(com.facebook.react.bridge.Callback callback) {
-    CookieHandler cookieHandler = mClient.getCookieHandler();
-    if (cookieHandler instanceof ForwardingCookieHandler) {
-      ((ForwardingCookieHandler) cookieHandler).clearCookies(callback);
-    }
+    mCookieHandler.clearCookies(callback);
   }
 
   private @Nullable MultipartBuilder constructMultipartBody(
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/modules/network/OkHttpClientProvider.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/modules/network/OkHttpClientProvider.java
index 699ffa525..c9c1b733a 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/modules/network/OkHttpClientProvider.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/modules/network/OkHttpClientProvider.java
@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@ import javax.annotation.Nullable;
 
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 
-import com.facebook.react.bridge.ReactContext;
-
 import com.squareup.okhttp.OkHttpClient;
 
 /**
@@ -25,7 +23,6 @@ public class OkHttpClientProvider {
 
   // Centralized OkHttpClient for all networking requests.
   private static @Nullable OkHttpClient sClient;
-  private static ForwardingCookieHandler sCookieHandler;
 
   public static OkHttpClient getOkHttpClient() {
     if (sClient == null) {
@@ -34,14 +31,6 @@ public class OkHttpClientProvider {
     return sClient;
   }
 
-  public static OkHttpClient getCookieAwareOkHttpClient(ReactContext context) {
-    if (sCookieHandler == null) {
-      sCookieHandler = new ForwardingCookieHandler(context);
-      getOkHttpClient().setCookieHandler(sCookieHandler);
-    }
-    return getOkHttpClient();
-  }
-
   private static OkHttpClient createClient() {
     // TODO: #7108751 plug in stetho
     OkHttpClient client = new OkHttpClient();