diff --git a/Libraries/BatchedBridge/MessageQueue.js b/Libraries/BatchedBridge/MessageQueue.js
index 7cdc5fe18..c9b750df9 100644
--- a/Libraries/BatchedBridge/MessageQueue.js
+++ b/Libraries/BatchedBridge/MessageQueue.js
@@ -37,9 +37,6 @@ const TRACE_TAG_REACT_APPS = 1 << 17;
 
 const DEBUG_INFO_LIMIT = 32;
 
-// Work around an initialization order issue
-let JSTimers = null;
-
 class MessageQueue {
   _lazyCallableModules: {[key: string]: (void) => Object};
   _queue: [number[], number[], any[], number];
@@ -48,6 +45,7 @@ class MessageQueue {
   _callID: number;
   _lastFlush: number;
   _eventLoopStartTime: number;
+  _immediatesCallback: ?() => void;
 
   _debugInfo: {[number]: [number, number]};
   _remoteModuleTable: {[number]: string};
@@ -63,6 +61,7 @@ class MessageQueue {
     this._callID = 0;
     this._lastFlush = 0;
     this._eventLoopStartTime = new Date().getTime();
+    this._immediatesCallback = null;
 
     if (__DEV__) {
       this._debugInfo = {};
@@ -279,6 +278,13 @@ class MessageQueue {
     }
   }
 
+  // For JSTimers to register its callback. Otherwise a circular dependency
+  // between modules is introduced. Note that only one callback may be
+  // registered at a time.
+  setImmediatesCallback(fn: () => void) {
+    this._immediatesCallback = fn;
+  }
+
   /**
    * Private methods
    */
@@ -310,10 +316,9 @@ class MessageQueue {
 
   __callImmediates() {
     Systrace.beginEvent('JSTimers.callImmediates()');
-    if (!JSTimers) {
-      JSTimers = require('JSTimers');
+    if (this._immediatesCallback != null) {
+      this._immediatesCallback();
     }
-    JSTimers.callImmediates();
     Systrace.endEvent();
   }
 
diff --git a/Libraries/Core/Timers/JSTimers.js b/Libraries/Core/Timers/JSTimers.js
index dbd23f807..7cffb4e3d 100644
--- a/Libraries/Core/Timers/JSTimers.js
+++ b/Libraries/Core/Timers/JSTimers.js
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ const Systrace = require('Systrace');
 
 const invariant = require('fbjs/lib/invariant');
 const {Timing} = require('NativeModules');
+const BatchedBridge = require('BatchedBridge');
 
 import type {ExtendedError} from 'parseErrorStack';
 
@@ -494,4 +495,8 @@ if (!Timing) {
   ExportedJSTimers = JSTimers;
 }
 
+BatchedBridge.setImmediatesCallback(
+  ExportedJSTimers.callImmediates.bind(ExportedJSTimers),
+);
+
 module.exports = ExportedJSTimers;