diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/bridge/JSBundleLoader.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/bridge/JSBundleLoader.java
index db9fb05df..799863b08 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/bridge/JSBundleLoader.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/bridge/JSBundleLoader.java
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ public abstract class JSBundleLoader {
         if (fileName.startsWith("assets://")) {
           bridge.loadScriptFromAssets(context.getAssets(), fileName.replaceFirst("assets://", ""));
         } else {
-          bridge.loadScriptFromFile(fileName, fileName);
+          bridge.loadScriptFromFile(fileName, "file://" + fileName);
         }
       }
 
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/react/jni/OnLoad.cpp b/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/react/jni/OnLoad.cpp
index 128ef8338..783b45dd9 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/react/jni/OnLoad.cpp
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/react/jni/OnLoad.cpp
@@ -700,9 +700,9 @@ static void loadScriptFromAssets(JNIEnv* env, jobject obj, jobject assetManager,
 
   env->CallStaticVoidMethod(markerClass, gLogMarkerMethod, env->NewStringUTF("loadScriptFromAssets_read"));
   if (JniJSModulesUnbundle::isUnbundle(manager, assetNameStr)) {
-    loadApplicationUnbundle(bridge, manager, script, assetNameStr);
+    loadApplicationUnbundle(bridge, manager, script, "file://" + assetNameStr);
   } else {
-    executeApplicationScript(bridge, script, assetNameStr);
+    executeApplicationScript(bridge, script, "file://" + assetNameStr);
   }
   if (env->ExceptionCheck()) {
     return;