diff --git a/Libraries/Image/RCTImageView.m b/Libraries/Image/RCTImageView.m
index b37c897be..104308131 100644
--- a/Libraries/Image/RCTImageView.m
+++ b/Libraries/Image/RCTImageView.m
@@ -238,8 +238,22 @@ RCT_NOT_IMPLEMENTED(- (instancetype)init)
   [super didMoveToWindow];
 
   if (!self.window) {
-    [self clearImage];
-  } else if (self.src) {
+    // Don't keep self alive through the asynchronous dispatch, if the intention was to remove the view so it would
+    // deallocate.
+    __weak typeof(self) weakSelf = self;
+
+    dispatch_async(dispatch_get_main_queue(), ^{
+      __strong typeof(self) strongSelf = weakSelf;
+      if (!strongSelf) {
+        return;
+      }
+
+      // If we haven't been re-added to a window by this run loop iteration, clear out the image to save memory.
+      if (!strongSelf.window) {
+        [strongSelf clearImage];
+      }
+    });
+  } else if (!self.image && self.src) {
     [self reloadImage];
   }
 }