diff --git a/ios/Video/RCTVideo.swift b/ios/Video/RCTVideo.swift
index 8c4dfacc..fc2c1747 100644
--- a/ios/Video/RCTVideo.swift
+++ b/ios/Video/RCTVideo.swift
@@ -261,8 +261,7 @@ class RCTVideo: UIView, RCTVideoPlayerViewControllerDelegate, RCTPlayerObserverH
     // MARK: - Player and source
     @objc
     func setSrc(_ source:NSDictionary!) {
-        DispatchQueue.global(qos: .default).async { [weak self] in
-            guard let self = self else {return}
+        let dispatchClosure = {
             self._source = VideoSource(source)
             if (self._source?.uri == nil || self._source?.uri == "") {
                 self._player?.replaceCurrentItem(with: nil)
@@ -356,6 +355,7 @@ class RCTVideo: UIView, RCTVideoPlayerViewControllerDelegate, RCTPlayerObserverH
                 }.catch{_ in }
             self._videoLoadStarted = true
         }
+        DispatchQueue.global(qos: .default).async(execute: dispatchClosure)
     }
 
     @objc