diff --git a/packages/react-navigation/src/navigators/createNavigator.js b/packages/react-navigation/src/navigators/createNavigator.js
index 525d591c..ed6e2f5a 100644
--- a/packages/react-navigation/src/navigators/createNavigator.js
+++ b/packages/react-navigation/src/navigators/createNavigator.js
@@ -36,8 +36,10 @@ function createNavigator(NavigatorView, router, navigationConfig) {
           descriptors[route.key] = prevDescriptors[route.key];
           return;
         }
-        const getComponent = () =>
-          router.getComponentForRouteName(route.routeName);
+        const getComponent = router.getComponentForRouteName.bind(
+          null,
+          route.routeName
+        );
         const childNavigation = navigation.getChildNavigation(route.key);
         const options = router.getScreenOptions(childNavigation, screenProps);
         descriptors[route.key] = {