diff --git a/packager/react-packager/src/AssetServer/index.js b/packager/react-packager/src/AssetServer/index.js
index 589bded7c242b1..15a13f2ba463b6 100644
--- a/packager/react-packager/src/AssetServer/index.js
+++ b/packager/react-packager/src/AssetServer/index.js
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ const createTimeoutPromise = (timeout) => new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
 });
 function timeoutableDenodeify(fsFunc, timeout) {
   return function raceWrapper(...args) {
-    return new Promise.race([
+    return Promise.race([
       createTimeoutPromise(timeout),
       Promise.denodeify(fsFunc).apply(this, args)
     ]);