diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/react/jni/WritableNativeArray.cpp b/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/react/jni/WritableNativeArray.cpp
index 21626aeba31a07..227994274955e9 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/react/jni/WritableNativeArray.cpp
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/react/jni/WritableNativeArray.cpp
@@ -17,6 +17,13 @@ namespace react {
 WritableNativeArray::WritableNativeArray()
     : HybridBase(folly::dynamic::array()) {}
 
+WritableNativeArray::WritableNativeArray(folly::dynamic &&val)
+    : HybridBase(std::move(val)) {
+  if (!array_.isArray()) {
+    throw std::runtime_error("WritableNativeArray value must be an array.");
+  }
+}
+
 local_ref<WritableNativeArray::jhybriddata> WritableNativeArray::initHybrid(
     alias_ref<jclass>) {
   return makeCxxInstance();
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/react/jni/WritableNativeArray.h b/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/react/jni/WritableNativeArray.h
index b4b3e0c660b88d..40a813d21af99c 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/react/jni/WritableNativeArray.h
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/react/jni/WritableNativeArray.h
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ struct WritableNativeArray
       "Lcom/facebook/react/bridge/WritableNativeArray;";
 
   WritableNativeArray();
+  WritableNativeArray(folly::dynamic &&val);
+
   static jni::local_ref<jhybriddata> initHybrid(jni::alias_ref<jclass>);
 
   void pushNull();