diff --git a/React/Views/RCTRefreshControl.m b/React/Views/RCTRefreshControl.m
index 661616d22454..5e23abfae84c 100644
--- a/React/Views/RCTRefreshControl.m
+++ b/React/Views/RCTRefreshControl.m
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ - (void)beginRefreshingProgrammatically
   _refreshingProgrammatically = YES;
   // When using begin refreshing we need to adjust the ScrollView content offset manually.
   UIScrollView *scrollView = (UIScrollView *)self.superview;
+  [self sizeToFit];
   CGPoint offset = {scrollView.contentOffset.x, scrollView.contentOffset.y - self.frame.size.height};
 
   // `beginRefreshing` must be called after the animation is done. This is why it is impossible