diff --git a/React/Views/RCTViewManager.m b/React/Views/RCTViewManager.m
index e9448d920..cd1709f56 100644
--- a/React/Views/RCTViewManager.m
+++ b/React/Views/RCTViewManager.m
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ RCT_EXPORT_VIEW_PROPERTY(onMagicTap, RCTDirectEventBlock)
 RCT_CUSTOM_VIEW_PROPERTY(border##SIDE##Width, float, RCTView)           \
 {                                                                       \
   if ([view respondsToSelector:@selector(setBorder##SIDE##Width:)]) {   \
-    view.border##SIDE##Width = json ? [RCTConvert float:json] : defaultView.border##SIDE##Width; \
+    view.border##SIDE##Width = json ? [RCTConvert CGFloat:json] : defaultView.border##SIDE##Width; \
   }                                                                     \
 }                                                                       \
 RCT_CUSTOM_VIEW_PROPERTY(border##SIDE##Color, UIColor, RCTView)         \