diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/image/ReactImageView.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/image/ReactImageView.java
index ff720bd81..722dd1225 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/image/ReactImageView.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/image/ReactImageView.java
@@ -439,7 +439,7 @@ public class ReactImageView extends GenericDraweeView {
     hierarchy.setActualImageScaleType(mScaleType);
 
     if (mDefaultImageDrawable != null) {
-      hierarchy.setPlaceholderImage(mDefaultImageDrawable, ScalingUtils.ScaleType.CENTER);
+      hierarchy.setPlaceholderImage(mDefaultImageDrawable, mScaleType);
     }
 
     if (mLoadingImageDrawable != null) {